Lot 253: Attributed to Daniel Mijtens the Elder , Delft circa 1590 - circa 1647 The Hague Portrait of Charles I oil on canvas

oil on canvas

measurements note 30 by 24 1/4 in.; 76.2 by 61.6 cm.

John Pern Tinney, Salisbury, England, by 1832;
Reverend Prebendary, John Beresford, Salisbury, England;
By whose Estate sold, March 28, 1919, lot 47 (as "Van Dyck");
With Scott & Fowles, New York, by whom sold to
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Fields Price, Knollwood Farms, Rye, New York;
Anonymous sale, New York, Parke-Bernet, October 24, 1946, lot 32, for $2,000;
Mary Lyle Price, New York;
By whose Executors sold, New York, Parke-Bernet, January 22, 1969, lot 48, for $1,000 to John K. Price;
Thence by descent to the present collectors.

The present portrait appears to be an autograph redaction of Mijten's full-length portrait of King Charles I of 1631 in the National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG 1246).

John Pern Tinney ( - 1832 see Provenance), was a lawyer in Salisbury, England. Among the best known paintings in his private collection was John Constable's Stratford Mill of 1820 (National Gallery, London, NG6510).