JOHN HOSKINS | Portrait of James Stuart, 1st Duke of Richmond and 4th Duke of Lennox (1612-1655), circa 1640

Estimate

7,000 - 9,000 GBP

Sold

30,000 GBP

bidding is closed

Description

Portrait of James Stuart, 1st Duke of Richmond and 4th Duke of Lennox (1612-1655), circa 1640
Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gold paint on vellum, mounted on card, gilt-metal frame;signed with the artist's monogram: IH
74 by 60 mm.

Provenance

By family descent to Esme Ivo Bligh, 9^th Earl of Darnley (1886-1955);
sale, London, Sotheby's, 19 October 1950, lot 28;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 30 June 1980, lot 81

Exhibited

London, 1887, no. 536 (lent by the 6^th Earl of Darnley)

Literature

Reynolds, 1999, p. 116

Catalogue Note

Another version of this miniature, unsigned and showing a slightly narrow field of vision, is in the Royal Collection.¹ It is possible that the background represents Eton Collage Chapel to the left, and Windsor Castle to the right. 1. RCIN 420103