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DANIEL MYTENS THE ELDER (DELFT C. 1590-1647 THE HAGUE)

Lot 35
29.11.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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ID 1071062
Lot 35 | DANIEL MYTENS THE ELDER (DELFT C. 1590-1647 THE HAGUE)
Estimate value
£ 70 000 – 100 000
DANIEL MYTENS THE ELDER (DELFT C. 1590-1647 THE HAGUE)

Portrait of Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford KB (1593-1625), full-length, in a purple suit, with his wand of office leaning against a table

oil on canvas

83 x 61 5⁄8 in. (210.7 x 156.5 cm.)

with identifying inscription 'Vere. / Earl of Oxford' (lower left)





Provenance

(Possibly) Lady Susan de Vere (1587-1629), the sitter’s sister and wife of William Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke (1584-1650), Wilton House, Wiltshire, and by descent at Wilton until 1685 when sold at auction following the death of Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke, and where possibly acquired by the following,

Admiral Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford (1657-1627), and by inheritance to his great-niece,

Letitia Tipping (1699-1779), wife of Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys (1695-1770), and by descent to their son,

Edwin Sandys, 2nd Baron Sandys (1726-1797), and by inheritance to his niece,

Mary, Marchioness of Downshire and 1st Baroness Sandys (1764-1836), and by descent to her second son,

Lieutenant-General Arthur Hill, 2nd Baron Sandys (1792-1860), and by inheritance to his younger brother,

Arthur Marcus Sandys, 3rd Baron Sandys (1798-1863), and by descent to,

Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys (1931-2013), Ombersley Court, Worcestershire.



Literature

(Probably) An Inventory and Valuation of the pictures at the house in Hanover Square, taken 5th November 1801 by Mr Wm Comyns, Ombersley MS., no. 52, as 'A Lord Chamberlain to Charles I Vandyke'.

J. Grego, Inventory of Pictures: Portraits, Paintings, etc., Ombersley MS., 1905, where listed in the Great Hall.

ONM / 1 / 2 / 7, journal entry for a visit to Ombersley Court, 25 August 1950, Oliver Millar Archive, Paul Mellon Centre, London, p. 19.

A. Oswald, 'Ombersley Court, Worcestershire - I', Country Life, 2 January 1953, p. 34, pl. 2, where shown hanging in the Entrance Hall.

Ombersley Court Inventory, June 1963, annotated Ombersley MS., where listed in the Grand Hall.

O. Millar, Tudor, Stuart and Early Georgian Pictures in the Royal Collection, London, 1963, I, p. 92, under no. 139.

Ombersley Court Catalogue of Pictures, undated, Ombersley MS., p. 8, as 'School of Van Dyck', where listed in the Central Hall.
Artist:Daniel Mijtens (1590 - 1647)
Auction house category:Paintings
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