ALEXANDER COOPER (c. 1605-1660)

A Fine and Important Portrait Miniature of Lord William Craven, facing right in embroidered white doublet, wide lace collar, shoulder-length curling hair and moustache

細節

ALEXANDER COOPER (c. 1605-1660)
A Fine and Important Portrait Miniature of Lord William Craven, facing right in embroidered white doublet, wide lace collar, shoulder-length curling hair and moustache
signed with initials in gold '.AC' (mid-right)
on vellum
oval, 1.7/8 in. (37 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame (3)

來源

The Earl of Craven.

出版

G. Reynolds, English Portrait Miniatures, London, 1952, p. 64.
B. Long, British Miniaturists, 1520-1860, London, 1966, p. 80 ('This miniature of Lord Craven is a particularly beautiful example'). D. Foskett, British Portrait Miniatures, London, 1968, p. 72.
D. Foskett, A Dictionary of British Miniature Painters, London, 1972, I, p. 213.
G. Cavalli-Björkman, 'Alexander Cooper in the Nationalmuseum', Nationalmuseum Bulletin, 1977, I, 3, p. 116.
D. Foskett, Collecting Miniatures, Woodbridge, 1979, p. 105.
D. Foskett, Miniatures: Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, p. 514.

拍品專文

William Craven (1606-1697), eldest son of Sir William Craven, Lord Mayor of London, succeeded to his father's large fortune as a child. He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford and Middle Temple and spent much of his youth as in military service abroad. He was knighted in 1626 and was created Baron Craven of Hampstead Marshall, Berkshire eight days later. He gained military distinction under Prince of Orange in 1632 and assisted Frederick V (the dispossessed King of Bohemia) in defence of the Palatine and there began his life long devotion to Elizabeth, the 'Winter Queen'. He was taken prisoner by the Emperor's troops in 1637 and ransomed himself and joined the 'Winter Queen' in her exile court at The Hague where he remained until the restoration of Charles II. He returned to England with the Queen of Bohemia and she lived at his house, Drury Lane until her death in 1662. He commanded the Coldstream Guards and was created Viscount Craven of Uffington and Earl of Craven in 1665. He received the further extension of title of Baron Craven of Hampstead Marshall in 1666.