Live Auction 20686Old Masters Part II: Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings and Watercolours
SAMUEL VAN HOOGSTRATEN (DORDRECHT 1627-1678)
Lot 182

SAMUEL VAN HOOGSTRATEN (DORDRECHT 1627-1678)

Portrait of Thomas Godfrey of Burton Aleph (d. 1690), three-quarter-length, seated, in a black coat with slashed sleeves and red ribbons, with a dog at his side

Closed8 December 2023

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GBP 20,000–30,000

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SAMUEL VAN HOOGSTRATEN (DORDRECHT 1627-1678)
Portrait of Thomas Godfrey of Burton Aleph (d. 1690), three-quarter-length, seated, in a black coat with slashed sleeves and red ribbons, with a dog at his side
signed with initials and dated 'S.v.H. 1663.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
41 ¾ x 31 ¼ in. (106.1 x 79.3 cm.)
inscribed 'POST SPINAS PALMA / T G / 1663.' (upper left, with the arms of the Godfrey and Toke families)

By descent in the sitter's family to,
Sir Bryan Godfrey-Faussett (1863-1945), Ranger's Lodge, and thence by descent; Christie's, London, 17 November 1989, lot 44, where acquired by the uncle of the present owner.

Specialist note


At the age of 35, in May 1662, Samuel van Hoogstraten and his wife Sara Balen left their hometown of Dordrecht for England, probably in the hope of patronage from Charles II (1630-1685), settling there until 1667. The artist initially sold his celebrated trompe l’oeils to his newfound British patrons, but soon diverted his focus to architectural scenes and adopting the style of aristocratic portraiture popularised by Peter Lely and Anthony van Dyck. The year after he relocated, van Hoogstraten painted this portrait of Thomas Godfrey of Burton Aleph, son of Peter Godfrey and Sara, daughter of Sir Peter Heyman. In 1663 Thomas married Mary, widow of Sir Robert Moyle of Buckwell, and daughter of Nicholas Toke of Godinton.