Portrait of John Crewe (d. 1752), of Crewe Hall, Cheshire, half-length, in an organza cloak and lace cravat

Details

Jacob Ferdinand Voet (Antwerp 1639-1700 Paris)
Portrait of John Crewe (d. 1752), of Crewe Hall, Cheshire, half-length, in an organza cloak and lace cravat
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)

Provenance

Commissioned from the artist by the sitter, and by descent in the family to,
Colin Crewe, Nether Hall, Old Newton, Stowmarket; Christie's, London, 20 November 1992, lot 3, where acquired by George Pinto (1929-2018).

Literature

F. Petrucci, Ferdinand Voet (1639-1689), detto Ferdinando de 'Ritratti', Rome, 2003, pp. 14, 69 and 264, no. 259, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

The present portrait, passed down through the descendents of the Crewe family until their 1992 sale, almost certainly depicts John Offley Crewe, eldest son of John Offley of Madely Manor, Staffordshire, and Anna Crewe of Crewe Hall. The sitter took the name Crew in 1708 according to testamentary disposition, and inherited the maternal properties.
Executed in Rome in the 1670s, this portraits fits in Voet's 'series' of foreign noblemen wearing papillon and banyan.

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