Property of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
Samuel Cooper
Portrait of Sir John Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes of Truro, later 1st Earl of Radnor (1606-1685), circa 1665
Lot Closed
December 9, 04:34 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
Circle of Samuel Cooper
London 1609 - 1672
Portrait of Sir John Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes of Truro, later 1st Earl of Radnor (1606-1685), circa 1665
watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, gilt-metal frame;
bears monogram lower left: SC.
7.7 by 6.4 cm., 3¼ by 2⅝ in.
T.R. Fetherstonhaugh, by 1974;
sale, London, Christie's, 25 November 1980, lot 68
sale, London, Christie's, 25 November 1980, lot 68
London, National Portrait Gallery, Samuel Cooper and his Contemporaries, 1974, no. 108
D. Foskett, Samuel Cooper 1609-1672, London 1974, p. 126 (as by or after Cooper)
The sitter was the eldest son of Richard Robartes, who had been knighted in 1616, created a Baronet in 1621 and raised to the peerage, as Baron Robartes, in 1625. Sir John fought with the parliamentarians during the Civil War, however he was horrified by the execution of the King in 1649. During the Commonwealth he retired to his family seat at Lanhydrock House, Cornwall. In 1679, having re-entered court, he was created Viscount Bodmin and Earl of Radnor by Charles II.