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Lot 73
After Sir Anthony van Dyck
Portrait of Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton (1613-1696), three-quarter-length, in a brown coat and yellow cape, in a landscape
Closed29 October 2010
Price Realised
GBP 4,750
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Specialist note
After the picture in the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.
Philip Wharton became the fourth Lord Wharton on the death of his grandfather in 1625. He was a Parlamentarian during the English Civil War. In the 1630s, Wharton commissioned van Dyck to paint portraits of several members of his family, including himself, his wife Jane, heiress to the extensive Goodwin estates in Buckinghamshire, of his father-in-law Arthur Goodwin, and of his daughters Philadelphia and Elizabeth.
Philip Wharton became the fourth Lord Wharton on the death of his grandfather in 1625. He was a Parlamentarian during the English Civil War. In the 1630s, Wharton commissioned van Dyck to paint portraits of several members of his family, including himself, his wife Jane, heiress to the extensive Goodwin estates in Buckinghamshire, of his father-in-law Arthur Goodwin, and of his daughters Philadelphia and Elizabeth.