Lot 24: Edward Bower (active circa 1629-1667 London) Portrait of a young boy, three-quarter-length, in pink silk embroidered dress and a white chemise,

Portrait of a young boy, three-quarter-length, in pink silk embroidered dress and a white chemise, standing beside a stone ledge before an open landscape
signed and dated 'ANO 1634/AE te. ii/ * Bowar/pin' (on stone ledge, lower left)
oil on canvas
76.1 x 61.3cm (29 15/16 x 24 1/8in).

PROVENANCE:
Richard Almack (according to a label on the reverse)

Said to have been a 'servant' of Sir Anthony van Dyck, Bower is recorded to have had a studio at Temple Bar in London by 1637. He is perhaps best known for the three variant portraits that he made of Charles I at his trial in January 1648/49. He then appears to have maintained his business in London during the Commonwealth.