Portrait of a Royalist officer
Maker
Attributed to
(Artists)
ca.1600-1681 (Life dates)
(Artists)
ca.1600-1681 (Life dates)
Title
Portrait of a Royalist officer
Date of Production
1646 - 1649
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Height: 76.5 cm (canvas)
Width: 64.2 cm (canvas)
Width: 64.2 cm (canvas)
Accession Number
P.1947.LF.414
Mode of Acquisition
Arthur Hamilton Lee, bequest, 1947
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
Soest was born in the Netherlands and trained as an artist there before moving to England in the 1640s. As the English Civil War raged, Soest painted several military portraits. Here, the sitter in armour wears a red sash around his waist, an attribute often adopted by Royalist officers. The cavalry battle in the background probably alludes to a skirmish in which the unidentified man distinguished himself.
Provenance
Lee Bequest 1947
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