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Old Masters & 19th Century Art Including Select Works From the Salander-O'Reilly Galleries
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Attributed to Jean Baptiste Van Loo (Aix-en-Provence 1684-1745)
Portrait of Frederick Lewis (1707-1751), Prince of Wales, half-length, in robes of state and wearing collar and star of the Order of the Garter
oil on canvas
29½ x 24½ in. (75 x 62.3 cm.)
PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
Sir George Chetwynd, Bt., Grendon Hall, Atherstone; (+) Christie's, London, 24 February 1912, lot 72, as 'Allan Ramsay' (20 gns to Holden).
Sir Edward Hopkinson Holden, Bt., London; (+) Christie's, London, 22 March 1920, lot 147, as 'Allan Ramsay' (20 gns to Mackintosh).
The present painting relates to a full-length version by Jean Baptiste Van Loo, signed and dated 1742, in the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace.