Old Master Paintings and Portrait Miniatures

Old Master Paintings and Portrait Miniatures

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Property from a British Private Collection

Studio of Sir Peter Lely

Portrait of James II (1633–1701), when Duke of York, full-length, wearing the Collar and Great George of the Order of the Garter

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Lot Closed

April 28, 01:36 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a British Private Collection

Studio of Sir Peter Lely

Soest 1618 - 1680 London

Portrait of James II (1633–1701), when Duke of York, full-length, wearing the Collar and Great George of the Order of the Garter 


oil on canvas

unframed: 241.5 x 145 cm.; 95⅛ x 57⅛ in.

framed: 256 x 160 cm.; 100¾ x 63 in.

Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Gentleman'), London, Sotheby's, 5 June 2008, lot 19;
Where acquired by the present owner.

A version of the full-length by Lely in the Royal Collection;1 the portrait was copied many times and became, to some extent, his official likeness. Lely painted James II on a number of other occasions, including a three-quarter-length portrait in armour.2 At Lely's death in 1680 there were 16 copies of portraits of the sitter, including six full-lengths in his studio, and James II's inventory of 1688 records three unfinished portraits of the then king, all at St James' Palace.


1 https://www.rct.uk/collection/themes/exhibitions/charles-ii-art-power/the-queens-gallery-buckingham-palace/james-ii-1-0 

2 https://www.rct.uk/collection/403224/james-vii-ii-1633-1701-when-duke-of-york