Live Auction 6360Old Masters & British Paintings
John Vanderbank the Younger (London 1694-1739)
Lot 54THE PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION (lots 22, 46 & 54)

John Vanderbank the Younger (London 1694-1739)

Portrait of Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626), three-quarter-length, in Lord Chancellor's robes, before a red curtain, a wooded landscape beyond

Closed6 July 2012

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John Vanderbank the Younger (London 1694-1739)
Portrait of Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626), three-quarter-length, in Lord Chancellor's robes, before a red curtain, a wooded landscape beyond
with inscription 'Lord Chancellor Bacon. ? by P. van Somer.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 20 June 1975, lot 121, as 'After John Vanderbank' (£480).
22 Arlington Street, A William Kent House Sale; Christie's, London, 11 May 2005, lot 12 (£20,400).