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ENGLISH SCHOOL, c. 1700, follower of Daniel MYTENS (1590–164…
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133
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, c. 1700, follower of Daniel MYTENS (1590–164…
See original version (French)
Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
Voluntary lot
Description
ENGLISH SCHOOL, c. 1700, follower of Daniel MYTENS (1590–1647)
Portrait of Charles I in royal attire, wearing the insignia of the Order of the Garter
Canvas enlarged in the 18th century
Height: 127 cm Width: 101 cm
Antique carved wooden frame, ‘Maratta’ style
Dimensions of the portrait: 72.5 x 59 cm;
Dimensions of the whole: 127 x 101 cm.
Bears a number in black felt-tip pen “71” and has a collection label on the reverse reading “from the Wanstead collection ‘IB 1822’”, bears a number in black chalk “11060” and a label “11144 Dobson” Bears a number on the reverse of the slightly damaged stretcher: “2214”
Previous restorations
Provenance:
- Anonymous sale, Vienna, Anton Stöckl, 18 December 1911, lot 13 (William Dobson);
- Old Master Paintings, Paris, Hôtel Drouot (Maître Loudmer), 29 October 1985, lot 71 (school of van Dyck).
Exhibition:
Orders of Chivalry and National Honours, Paris, Musée de la Monnaie, 20 March–18 June 1956, no. 403.
Bibliography:
U. Moussalli, ‘Van Dyck and Mytens: Portraitists of Charles I’, in ARTS, 9 January 1948 (van Dyck influenced by
Mytens; from the Wanstead House collection; Wanstead House Sale, Auction by Mr Robins, 10 June 1822, no.
156 (van Dyck, A fine whole-length Portrait of Charles the First. £7,200).
The crown bears a strong resemblance to a lost piece from the Tudor Crown Jewels, the
Tudor State Crown. This was created for Henry VIII and disappeared during the English Civil War in 1649, having been melted down
on the orders of Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell. Another symbolic object from the Tudor Crown Jewels is present
: the ‘Orb of State’, the royal globe.
The portrait is comparable to the engraving by Willem Jacobsz. Delff.
Expert: Cabinet Turquin
See original version (French)
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Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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