Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a black doublet and mantle, with a lace collar and cuffs
Details
Follower of Sir Anthony van Dyck
Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a black doublet and mantle, with a lace collar and cuffs
inscribed and dated 'ÆTATIS SVE . 46 . PRIM OCTOBRE ANNO 1631' (upper right)
oil on canvas
41 7/8 x 35 in. (106.4 x 88.9 cm.)
Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a black doublet and mantle, with a lace collar and cuffs
inscribed and dated 'ÆTATIS SVE . 46 . PRIM OCTOBRE ANNO 1631' (upper right)
oil on canvas
41 7/8 x 35 in. (106.4 x 88.9 cm.)
Provenance
(Possibly) John Stuart, 3rd Earl Bute, Highcliff Castle, Hampshire, and by inheritance through his son, the Hon. Sir Charles Stuart, to his widow, Lady Stuart, Thatched House Lodge, Richmond; Christie's, London, 15 May 1841, lot 48 (42 gns. to Fuller).
Farrers; Phillips, 30 April 1851, lot 112 (31 gns. to Lord Northwick). John Rushout, 2nd Lord Northwick (1770-1859), Thirlestaine House, Cheltenham; (+) Phillips, London, 26 July 1859, lot 230, as 'the Earl of Stafford' (30 gns.).
Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill, M.C., Northwick Park; (+) Christie's, London, 29 October 1965, lot 68, as 'Sir Anthony van Dyck' (190 gns. to the present owner).
Farrers; Phillips, 30 April 1851, lot 112 (31 gns. to Lord Northwick). John Rushout, 2nd Lord Northwick (1770-1859), Thirlestaine House, Cheltenham; (+) Phillips, London, 26 July 1859, lot 230, as 'the Earl of Stafford' (30 gns.).
Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill, M.C., Northwick Park; (+) Christie's, London, 29 October 1965, lot 68, as 'Sir Anthony van Dyck' (190 gns. to the present owner).
Literature
A Catalogue of the Pictures, Works of Art, etc. at Northwick Park, 1864 (1908), no. 49, as the 'Earl of Stafford'.
T. Borenius, A Catalogue of the Pictures, Works of Art, etc. at Northwick Park, 1864 (1908), no. 122.
L. Cust, 'A Portrait of van Dyck', Burlington Magazine, XXXII, 178, March 1918, p. 102.
T. Borenius, A Catalogue of the Pictures, Works of Art, etc. at Northwick Park, 1864 (1908), no. 122.
L. Cust, 'A Portrait of van Dyck', Burlington Magazine, XXXII, 178, March 1918, p. 102.
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