Live Auction 7575Old Master and British Pictures
After William Dobson
Lot 68 THE PROPERTY OF A DECEASED'S ESTATE

After William Dobson

Portrait of King Charles I (1600-1649), bust-length, in armour

Closed25 April 2008

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GBP 38,900

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After William Dobson
Portrait of King Charles I (1600-1649), bust-length, in armour
oil on canvas
19 x 15½ in. (48.3 x 39.4 cm.)
sold together with later additions (which were removed shortly before the 1983 Dobson exhibition).

James, 4th Duke of Hamilton, styled Earl of Arran until 1698, and by descent to William, 12th Duke of Hamilton; Christie's, London, 17 June 1882, lot 39, as 'Van Dyck', 28 x 25 in. (190 gns. to J. Hollender).
Acquired in the early 20th Century, and by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

Although recorded in the 1983 Dobson exhibition catalogue, at the time of the exhibition the organisers downgraded the attribution. Very close to van Dyck in style (particularly the central head in the triple portrait of the King in the Royal Collection), the picture relates closely to a head and shoulders of the King by Dobson sold in these Rooms, 17 November 1989, lot 42. King Charles I is recorded as having sat to Dobson several times while in Oxford. Another autograph version of the type is in the Royal Collection (see O. Millar, The Tudor, Stuart and Early Georgian Pictures in the Royal Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London, 1963, p. 113, no. 203).