Circle of Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. (Plympton, Devon 1723-1792 London)

Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Sir Joshua Reynolds, bust-length, in a red coat and waistcoat with a white stock

Details

Circle of Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. (Plympton, Devon 1723-1792 London)
Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Sir Joshua Reynolds, bust-length, in a red coat and waistcoat with a white stock
oil on canvas
23 x 17 in. (58.4 x 43.2 cm.)
in an English 18th century carved giltwood swept frame

Provenance

Possibly James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil (1730-1798), and by descent to,
Possibly The Earls of Roden, Hyde Hall, Hertfordshire, and by descent to,
Arthur Jocelyn Charles Gore, 6th Earl of Arran (1868-1958).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 2 August 1946, lot 156 as 'Reynolds'.
Moss Harris & Sons, London, where acquired by 1954.

Literature

'Avenue House, Ampthill, Bedfordshire: The Residence of Professor A.E. Richardson, P.R.A., and Mrs. Richardson', Antique Collector, XXVI, February 1955, p. 9.
Sir W. Armstrong, Sir Joshua Reynolds, London, 1900, p. 225.

Exhibited

London, Burlington House, Exhibition of works by The Old Masters and Deceased Masters of the British School, 1910, no. 162, from the collection of the Earl of Arran.

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Lot Essay

It has been suggested that this portrait could have been painted in the early 1750s by Reynolds' chief studio assistant, Giuseppe Marchi (1735-1808). The artists met in Rome and Marchi followed the young Reynolds to London in 1752.

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