Lot 93: Antoon van Welie , Dutch 1866 - 1956 Prince Pavlos of Greece oil on canvas

signed, inscribed and dated 1926 lower left oil on canvas

101.8 by 74cm., 40 by 29¼in.

Amsterdam, Buffa, 1935
Rotterdam, De Protector, 1946
Nijmegen, Museum het Valkhof, Antoon van Welie (1866-1956), De laatste decadente schilder, 2007, p. 182, illustrated in the catalogue

Het Vaderland, 10 February 1926, discussed
Camille Mauclair, 'A Dutch Gallery in Book Form In a Study of Van Welie', New York Times, 13 June 1926, discussed
Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad, 8 June 1946, discussed

Wilbert Smit / Rudolph Kunsthandel B.V, Amsterdam

Pavlos I, the third son of Constantine I (King of Hellenes) and his wife, Princess Sophia of Prussia, was King of Greece from 1947 to 1964. From 1917 to 1920, Pavlos lived in exile with his father, and from 1923 to 1935 and 1941 to 1946 with his brother George II. This portrait was most probably painted when he visited the United States.