4246 - Portrait of a British nobleman

Portrait of a British nobleman Half-length portrait in three-quarter view, a man in a blue justaucorps with ornate golden cuffs, looking directly at the viewer, resting his right arm on a pedestal, with a landscape view discernible in the background; a British work, probably from the circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646 Lübeck - 1723 London) or Sir John Closterman (1660 Osnabrück to c. 1711 London); many portraits in similar styles of wealthy noblemen can be found from this circle; a very fine, characteristic work and a representative example of portrait painting in England around 1700, oil on canvas, unsigned, canvas relined, heavily restored, in a gilded frame, inner dimensions approx. 126 x 100 cm.