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Studio of Robert Walker

Portrait of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector (1599-1658), three-quarter-length, in armour, holding a baton, with a page

Lot Closed

April 6, 01:59 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Studio of Robert Walker

British, circa 1610 - 1658

Portrait of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector (1599-1658), three-quarter-length, in armour, holding a baton, with a page


later inscribed, lower left: OLIVER CROMWELL, LORD PROTECTOR / This picture formerly owned by Henry Cromwell, Ld. LIEUT: OFIRELAND 4th son of OLIVER CROMWELL. (Copy in British Museum.)

oil on canvas

unframed: 127.3 x 101.6 cm.; 50⅛ x 40 in.

framed: 147.8 x 122.4 cm.; 58¼ x 48¼ in.

Said to have come by descent from Henry Cromwell, the sitter's son;
Probably thence to his sister Frances Russell (1638-1720);
Thence by descent to her daughter Elizabeth Frankland (d. 1733), Thirkleby Hall, Yorkshire;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 22 November 2007, lot 15;
With Philip Mould, London;
From whom acquired by the present owner.

This portrait is a variant of the painting by Walker dating from 1649.1 It differs from the standard image in showing a page to the right of the composition.


1 https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw01594/Oliver-Cromwell