King Faisal | A portrait of King Faisal, oil on canvas

King Faisal of Saudi Arabia

A portrait of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia (440 x 385mm.), oil on canvas, framed, mid-twentieth century

This recently-discovered, unsigned portrait is possibly after one of the official photographic portraits of Faisal by Yousuf Karsh or Bachrach.

For another portrait from the same period see our sale Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History, 28 July 2020, lot 213.

LITERATURE:

Presented to a British diplomatic family in Saudi Arabia, circa 1950s