An Interesting Late 17thC English School Oil on Oak Panel Portrait of a Gentleman sub-Architectural & Garden this was considered the norm

this was considered the norm

donated to Weston Park Museum

standing on four large mahogany lion’s paw feet of good colour and quality

when back from a long journey

There is a patch of wear to the japanning to the underside of the lid

An Interesting Late 17thC English School Oil on Oak Panel Portrait of a Gentleman sub-Architectural & Garden this was considered the normOrigin: English Period: Charles II James II William & Mary Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1660 1690 Height: 31. 25 Width: 22. 25 The rather large and early English school oil on oak panel depicting a bearded gentleman or nobleman in typical period attire, head and shoulders wearing a fur trimmed cloak and crested gold signet ring, his fixed gaze stern and authoritative, the work in as found order, with a fragmented inscription upper left, and surviving