17th-century portrait painting with Unspecified, Not mentioned, Unidentified or UnknownUnknown location.
Object history
Provenance:
Probably commissioned by King Charles I, before 9 August 1641, when the Prince was carried by barge from Lambeth to Van Dyck's Whitehall studio;
Possibly Sir Horatio Townshend, 3rd Bt. and later 1st Viscount Townshend (1630-1687), Raynham Hall, Norfolk;
Thence probably by descent to Field Marshall George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend (1724–1807), Raynham Hall, Norfolk;
By descent to his son George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend (1753–1811), Raynham Hall, Norfolk;
By descent to John Stuart Townshend, 6th Marquess Townshend (1866–1921), Raynham Hall, Norfolk;
His sale ('Catalogue of the Townshend Heirlooms'), London, Christie's, 7 March 1904, lot 191 (as D. Mytens), 460 guineas to Agnews;
With Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., London;
From whom acquired by Robert (1850–1929) and Evelyn Benson (1856–1943);
By whom given to their daughter;
Thence by inheritance
Auction: Sotheby's, London, 5 December 2018, Old Masters Evening Sale, lot 29
Exhibition history
London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters and Deceased Masters of the British School, Winter Exhibition, 1910, cat. no. 126, lent by R.H. Benson Esq; London, Royal Academy, British Portraits, Winter Exhibition, 1956–57, cat. no. 79 (as attributed to Sir Anthony van Dyck);
London, Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., Loan Exhibition. Sir Anthony van Dyck, 7 November – 7 December 1968, no. 61;
London, National Portrait Gallery, Van Dyck in England, 1982, no. 63.
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