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Portrait of an officer, traditionally identified as John, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), three-quarter-length, in armour with the sash of the Garter, his right hand on a plumed helmet
Details
Follower of Sir Godfrey Kneller
Portrait of an officer, traditionally identified as John, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), three-quarter-length, in armour with the sash of the Garter, his right hand on a plumed helmet
with erroneous identifying inscription 'J. Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough' (lower left)
oil on canvas
50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.)
Portrait of an officer, traditionally identified as John, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), three-quarter-length, in armour with the sash of the Garter, his right hand on a plumed helmet
with erroneous identifying inscription 'J. Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough' (lower left)
oil on canvas
50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired from Leggatt Brothers, London, in 1925, by Harold Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray.
Literature
C. Anson, A Catalogue of Pictures and Drawings in the Collection of The Viscount Cowdray, London, 1971, p. 30, no. 91, as 'School of Kneller' 'John, 1st Duke of Marlborough' (in the West Gallery).
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