Follower of Sir Anthony van Dyck

George Henry Finch (1835–1907), Burley House, Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland, by 1901;

Sir Miles William Arthur Peel Graham (1895–1976), Wiverton Hall, Nottinghamshire, from 1946;

Thence by descent to his stepson, Charles William Seely, (b. 1935), Rendham, Suffolk;

By whom sold (‘The Property of Charles William Seely, Esq.’), London, Sotheby's, 8 November 1995, lot 24 (as after Anthony van Dyck), for £24,000;

Where acquired. 

P. Finch, History of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland. Catalogue of Pictures, Objects, China, Manuscripts, Miniatures, &c.; also Curious Extracts from Accounts, 2 vols, London 1901, vol. II, p. 23, under 'Mrs. Finch's Dressing-Room', nos 5 and 6 (Portrait of King Charles I as attributed to Corn. Jansen; Portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria as after Van Dyck);

O. Millar, in S.J. Barnes, N. de Poorter, O. Millar and H. Vey, Van Dyck. A complete catalogue of the paintings, New Haven and London 2004, p. 472, under no. IV.53 (only Portrait of King Charles I, as a copy).

The former is a three-quarter-length, recorded copy of the portrait of King Charles I in the Royal Collection.¹ The latter is a three-quarter-length rendition of a composition that exists in a number of versions, none of which are considered unquestionably autograph. This group includes also a version in the Royal Collection.²

¹ Inv. no. RCIN 404398; oil on canvas, 248 x 153.6 cm.; Millar in Barnes et al. 2004, no. IV.53.

² Inv. no. RCIN 405663; oil on canvas, 210.1 x 133.6 cm.; Millar in Barnes et al. 2004, no. IV.A.20.