LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Oil on panel

Measurements:

22.99 in. (58.40 cm.) (height) by 27.60 in. (70.10 cm.) (width)

Literature:

O. Miller, 'The Inventories and Valuations of the King's goods 1649-1651', in. Walpole Society , XLIII, 1972, p. 196, nos 173 and 174

Provenance:

King Charles I of England (1600-49), both branded with his cypher on the reverse, and recorded in the inventories made by the Trustees appointed by Act of Parliament after the King's execution, as located in Hampton Court in 1649, inv. nos 173 and 174;. His sale, 21 May 1650, for £1 each, the former. to Mr. Wright, the latter to Mr. De Critz;. Probably Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614-62), and by descent to. His nephew Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I (1640-1705);. His son Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I (1678-1711);. His brother Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (1685-1740);. His daughter Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa (1717-80);. Her son Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II (1741-92);. His brother Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II (1747-92);. His son Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, Viceroy of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia (1783-1853);. Thence by descent