Studio of Michael Dahl 1656 - 1743

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Description

Michael Dahl
Portrait of George, Prince of Denmark (1653-1708), Prince consort to Queen Anne
inscribed l.r. with the collector's mark of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Regent of Belgium and inscribed on the original canvas (sold with the present lot):N^o 8 / Prince George of Denmark / married ^toQueen Ann / painted _- by Leyland a present / from y^e Royal family to M^r / Secretary Vernon / HEIRLOOM and further inscribed on a second piece: Dashwood heirlooms
oil on canvas

Three-quarter length, standing, wearing classical dress

Provenance

A gift to James Vernon (1646-1727), Secretary of State under William III;
Thence by descent to Sir Robert Harland, Bt, Wherstead Park;
By descent to Charles Edmund Dashwood (1857-1935), his sale, Sotheby's, 25th April 1934, lot 120, bt. Desborough;
H.R.H. Prince Charles, Count of Flanders and Regent of Belgium (1903-1983)

Catalogue Note

This portrait is a replica of the portrait by Dahl of c. 1705, the original of which is at Gripsholm in Sweden.