Live Auction 8014The Cowdray Sale: Works of Art from Cowdray Park and Dunecht House, At Cowdray Park, West Sussex
Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen (London 1593-1661 Utrecht)
Lot 148

Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen (London 1593-1661 Utrecht)

Portrait of a gentleman, possibly William Lenthall (1591-1662), bust-length, in a black doublet with a lace collar, in a feigned marbled oval

Closed15 September 2011

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GBP 10,000

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Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen (London 1593-1661 Utrecht)
Portrait of a gentleman, possibly William Lenthall (1591-1662), bust-length, in a black doublet with a lace collar, in a feigned marbled oval
signed and dated 'C.J. fecit 1636' (reinforced, lower right)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 1/8 in. (76.3 x 63.8 cm.)

with Knoedler, London.
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London.
Acquired from Leggatt Brothers, London, in 1931, by Harold Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray.

Specialist note

A version of this portrait type, formerly in the possession of Mr. Arthur Kay, was identified as of William Lenthall, Speaker of the House of Commons (unsigned, oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in.). A three-quarter-length portrait of Lenthall in the robes of the Master of the Rolls, by an unknown artist after 1643, shows Lenthall with thicker, darker hair and a straighter nose (National Portrait Gallery, London). However, Samuel Cooper's miniature portrait of Lenthall of 1652 (National Portrait Gallery, London) suggests a similar profile to the present portrait.