Circle of Sir Anthony van Dyck Portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria. (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
THE portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria shown here was once at Malahide Castle. From the circle of Sir Anthony van Dyck it features at Sotheby’s sale of Old Master and British paintings in London on October 27. The portrait was part of the collection of Lord Talbot de Malahide and was sold with the house contents. It relates to an important, lost three-quarter length portrait of Henrietta Maria by van Dyck, and is one of several known variants, among which there is a good version in the Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, and another at the Bomann-Museum at Celle. It is estimated at £8,000-£12,000.
Henrietta Maria, youngest daughter of King Henri IV of France and Marie de Medici, was married to the Prince of Wales in 1625 aged 15. As a catholic she was not allowed to be crowned alongside her husband when he became King Charles I in 1626.
A number of lots of Irish interest feature at Sotheby’s sale of Furniture, Tapestries, Ceramics, Clocks, Silver and Carpets in London on November 2. Lot 245 is a set of four Irish George II mahogany chairs, probably Irish c1750 estimated at £4,000-6,000. Lot 246 is an Irish George II style carved mahogany centre table estimated at £5,000-7,000 and lot 252 is a Regency mahogany bookcase, possibly Irish with an estimate of £15,000-25,000.
A Regency mahogany bookcase, possibly Irish. (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD.
An Irish George II style carved mahogany centre table. (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS MADE A HAMMER PRICE WITH BUYER'S PREMIUM OF £5,625.
A set of four Irish George II mahogany chairs circa 1750. (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: THESE SOLD FOR £4,500