Live Auction 8014The Cowdray Sale: Works of Art from Cowdray Park and Dunecht House, At Cowdray Park, West Sussex
Circle of François de Troy (Toulouse 1645-1730 Paris)
Lot 71

Circle of François de Troy (Toulouse 1645-1730 Paris)

Portrait of an officer, possibly James Fitzjames, Duke of Berwick (1670-1734), three-quarter-length, in armour with the Garter ribbon, an ermine lined cloak, a sash around his waist, holding baton in his right hand, a plumed helmet on a rock to his right, in a landscape

Closed15 September 2011

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GBP 10,625

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Circle of François de Troy (Toulouse 1645-1730 Paris)
Portrait of an officer, possibly James Fitzjames, Duke of Berwick (1670-1734), three-quarter-length, in armour with the Garter ribbon, an ermine lined cloak, a sash around his waist, holding baton in his right hand, a plumed helmet on a rock to his right, in a landscape
oil on canvas
50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.)

Specialist note

Traditionally identified as James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665-1745), it has been suggested more recently that this portrait may depict James Fitzjames, Duke of Berwick upon Tweed, army officer in the French service, illegitimate son of James, Duke of York, later James II, and Arabella Churchill, daughter of Sir Winston Churchill. This suggestion would certainly appear plausible when this portrait is compared with other portraits of the sitter recorded in the National Portrait Gallery's photographic archive, including a portrait in the collection of the Earl of Rosebery, at Dalmeny.