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English, Continental & American Fine Art, Furniture and Decorations

Sat, Apr 30, 2016 11:00AM EDT - Sun, May 1, 2016 11:00AM EDT
Lot 418

STUDIO OF JOHN MICHAEL WRIGHT (c. 1617-1694): PORTRAIT OF CHARLES II WEARING THE ORDER OF ST. GEORGE

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
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Oil on canvas, unsigned, lined. 30 x 25 in., 39 x 32 1/2 in. (frame).Note: The painting was sold in 1984 attributed to John Riley. More recent scholarship has attributed it to John Michael Wright whose three-quarter length portrait of Charles II in the National Portrait Gallery, London, closely resembles this painting. Provenance: Sold Sotheby's, New York, October 23, 1984, lot 54.