The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
SAMUEL COOPER | PORTRAIT OF SIR JOHN ROBARTES, 2ND BARON ROBARTES OF TRURO, LATER 1ST EARL OF RADNOR (1606-1685), CIRCA 1665
Auction Closed
December 5, 07:06 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
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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;
signed with the artist's monogram lower left: SC.
77 by 64 mm.
T.R. Fetherstonhaugh, by 1974;
sale, London, Christie's, 25 November 1980, lot 68
Foskett, 1974, p. 126 (as by or after Cooper)
London, 1974, no. 108
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.