Circle of Robert Walker (1607-1660)

Portrait of Oliver Cromwell, quarter-length, in armour

细节

Circle of Robert Walker (1607-1660)
Portrait of Oliver Cromwell, quarter-length, in armour
indistinctly inscribed 'James Mellor .. Ellis/the gift of/.. Vicount Belgrove(?)/...' (on the reverse of the frame)
oil on canvas, in a feigned oval
14 x 12in. (35.5 x 30.3cm.)
In an English early 18th Century carved giltwood frame.

来源

The Viscount Belgrave, by whom given to James Mellor Edgar Ellis, April 1815 (according to an inscription on the frame).
The Bulwer Family, Heydon Hall, Norfolk.

拍品专文

The provenance of the picture from Heydon Hall is of interest in that it's possible descent within the Bulwer family eventually leads back to the staunch parliamentarian Erasmus Earle (1590-1667) who acquired the estate in 1650. In 1648 he had been appointed Oliver Cromwell's counsel, thus making the present picture an appropriate addition to the collection of pictures at Heydon Hall.