Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen (London 1593-1661 Utrecht)

Portrait of an officer, half-length, in armour with a green sash, in a feigned marble oval

Details

Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen (London 1593-1661 Utrecht)
Portrait of an officer, half-length, in armour with a green sash, in a feigned marble oval
signed with initials and indistinctly dated 'C.J. fecit ..6' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30 1/8 x 24¾ in. (76.5 x 62.9 cm.)

Provenance

Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted (1853-1927), The Mote, Maidstone; Christie's London, 13 December 1929, lot 86 (120 gns. to Leggatt).
Acquired from Leggatt Brothers, London, 1931, by Harold Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray.

Literature

C. Anson, A Catalogue of Pictures and Drawings in the Collection of The Viscount Cowdray, London, 1971, p. 29, no. 86 (in the North Gallery).

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Lot Essay

Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted, who owned this portrait in the early 20th Century, was the founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Company, a precursor to Royal Dutch Shell. He acquired The Mote, near Maidstone, in Kent, which had been built to the designs of the architect Daniel Alexander between 1793 and 1800, from Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney, in 1895.

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