Circle of Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland (1619-1682), three-quarter-length, in a brown and black coat with red sash, holding a marshal's baton in his left hand, standing in front of a gold-brocaded curtain, in a landscape

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Circle of Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)
Portrait of Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland (1619-1682), three-quarter-length, in a brown and black coat with red sash, holding a marshal's baton in his left hand, standing in front of a gold-brocaded curtain, in a landscape
oil on canvas
45¾ x 34¾ in. (116.3 x 88.4 cm.)

Provenance

Royal Hanoverian Collection, Schloss Marienburg, Pattensen; Sotheby's, on the premises, 5 October 2005, lot 74 (33,880 Euro).
with Philip Mould Ltd., London.

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Lot Essay

This portrait of the talented military and naval commander Prince Rupert of the Rhine, son of Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia (the 'Winter Queen') and nephew of King Charles I, derives from Sir Peter Lely's celebrated full-length of circa 1665 (London, The Royal Collection).

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