Lot 10 A
10 A
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN OF TITLE
Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680) and Studio

Details
Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680) and Studio

Portrait of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), bust-length, in armour with a white collar, in a painted oval cartouche

inscribed 'OLIVER/P Lely.fe/CROMWELL.Ptor'
30 1/8 x 25½in. (76.5 x 64.8cm.)
Provenance
Sir John Danvers, Regicide and Judge at the Trial of King Charles I, thence to his niece
Eleanor Danvers (d.1677) wife of Sir John Osborne 1st Bt. (d.1689) and thence by descent
Literature
O. Millar, Sir Peter Lely 1618-80, exh. cat. London, National Portrait Gallery, 1978, under no.22

Lot Essay

The present picture relates to the fully autograph version in the Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery. There are other versions in the Pitti, Florence and the National Gallery of Ireland all of which are more likely to relate to the miniature of the sitter by Samuel Cooper (Buccleuch & Queensberry Collection) rather than having been painted ad vivum

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