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Lot 29: DAVID DES GRANGES

Est: £5,000 GBP - £7,000 GBP
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomOctober 29, 2009

Item Overview

Description

PORTRAIT OF KING CHARLES II (1640-1685)

Dimensions

3.6 by 3.1 cm.; 1 1/2 by 1 1/4 in.

Artist or Maker

Medium

watercolour heightened with gold on vellum

Provenance

Given by the sitter to George Ashby of Naseby;
by descent until Thomas Guy Paget, post 1862

Notes



David Des Granges began his career as an engraver however he soon focused on the art of limning. Patronised by both Charles I and Charles II, he accompanied the latter to Scotland in 1651. That same year he was appointed His Majesty's limner in Scotland.

Auction Details

Old Master & Early British Paintings

by
Sotheby's
October 29, 2009, 12:00 PM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK