Portrait of a boy, traditionally identified as Charles, Prince of Wales, later King Charles II (1630-1685), full-length, in a plumed hat, with a sword, holding gloves and a baton

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DUTCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
Portrait of a boy, traditionally identified as Charles, Prince of Wales, later King Charles II (1630-1685), full-length, in a plumed hat, with a sword, holding gloves and a baton
oil on canvas
55 ¼ x 34 ¼ in. (140.3 x 87 cm.)
Please note that 100% of the hammer proceeds from this auction will be paid to the Sandys Trust, registered charity number: 1168357, with the exception of limited deductions towards sale costs across the auction which cannot be accurately calculated at this time, capped at a total of £10,000.

Provenance

(Probably) Mary, Marchioness of Downshire and 1st Baroness Sandys (1764-1836), Hanover Square, by 1801, and thence by descent in the family to,
Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys (1931-2013), Ombersley Court, Worcestershire.

Literature

(Probably) An Inventory and Valuation of the Pictures at Hanover Square, 5 November 1801, no. 56, as 'King Charles when a Boy by Mittins'.
ONM / 1 / 2 / 7, journal entry for a visit to Ombersley Court, 25 August 1950, Oliver Millar Archive, Paul Mellon Centre, London, p. 31, as 'probably Dutch'.
Ombersley Court Inventory, annotated Ombersley MS., June 1963, as 'Gerrit van Honthorst', where listed in the the Library.
Ombersley Court Catalogue of Pictures, undated, Ombersley MS., p. 23, as 'Gerrit van Honthorst', where listed in the Study.

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Lot Essay

Although in Ombersley inventories the sitter has traditionally been identified as Prince Charles, later Charles II, the painting is more likely to date from the late 1640s, when the Prince would have been in his late teens. The costume is typical of this period; the young boy wears expensive riding clothes of a fashion that was worn throughout Europe.

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