An Interesting Late 17thC English School Oil on Oak Panel Portrait of a Gentleman sub-Architectural & Garden There is a patch of

There is a patch of wear to the japanning to the underside of the lid

when back from a long journey

a study for a larger work

such as a conventional Destroyer

standing on four large mahogany lion’s paw feet of good colour and quality

An Interesting Late 17thC English School Oil on Oak Panel Portrait of a Gentleman sub-Architectural & Garden There is a patch ofOrigin: English Period: Charles II James II William & Mary Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1660 1690 Height: 31. 25 Width: 22. 25 The rather large and early English school oil on oak panel depicting a bearded gentleman or nobleman in typical period attire, head and shoulders wearing a fur trimmed cloak and crested gold signet ring, his fixed gaze stern and authoritative, the work in as found order, with a fragmented inscription upper left, and surviving