Attributed to John Michael Wright
(London 1617–1694)
Portrait of a Nobleman in armour, possibly a member of the Clan of Agnew,
oil on canvas, 100 x 80.5 cm, framed
We are grateful to Brian Allen for endorsing the attribution.
Wright was apprenticed in Edinburgh in 1636 to the portrait painter George Jameson. After a lengthy stay in Rome in the 1640s, during which he became a Roman catholic, he worked for Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, before settling in London in 1656. Wright worked for the court and was appointed Picture Drawer in Ordinary to the King in 1673, but his clients increasingly came from the margins of the court and particularly from the Catholic nobility and gentry. He also produced a set of full-length portraits of the ‘fire judges’ who had adjudicated on property disputes following the fire of London in 1666. His portraits are characterized by a certain restrained realism in contrast to the suave glamour of Peter Lely.
Esperto: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43 1 515 60 403
oldmasters@dorotheum.com
18.10.2016 - 18:00
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Attributed to John Michael Wright
(London 1617–1694)
Portrait of a Nobleman in armour, possibly a member of the Clan of Agnew,
oil on canvas, 100 x 80.5 cm, framed
We are grateful to Brian Allen for endorsing the attribution.
Wright was apprenticed in Edinburgh in 1636 to the portrait painter George Jameson. After a lengthy stay in Rome in the 1640s, during which he became a Roman catholic, he worked for Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, before settling in London in 1656. Wright worked for the court and was appointed Picture Drawer in Ordinary to the King in 1673, but his clients increasingly came from the margins of the court and particularly from the Catholic nobility and gentry. He also produced a set of full-length portraits of the ‘fire judges’ who had adjudicated on property disputes following the fire of London in 1666. His portraits are characterized by a certain restrained realism in contrast to the suave glamour of Peter Lely.
Esperto: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43 1 515 60 403
oldmasters@dorotheum.com
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