17th CENTURY OIL PORTRAIT OF YOUNG MAN

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A fine oil portrait on canvas beautifully presented in a carved period gesso and gilt oval frame.

The sitter, expensively and fashionably dressed, looks confidently out at the viewer he wears his cravat tied 'a la Steinkirk'.

(During the wars of Louis XIV of 1689–1697 the flowing cravat was replaced with the military "Steinkirk", named after the Battle of Steenkerque in 1692.

The Steinkirk was a long, narrow, plain or lightly trimmed neckcloth wrapped once about the neck in a loose knot, with the ends twisted together and tucked out of the way into a button hole.

The Steinkirk was popular with men and women until the 1720s.)

CHARLES D'AGAR (1669 - 1723) came to England with his Huguenot father Jacques in 1681, settling here permanently after a stay in Copenhagen by 1691. He had a good practice, numbering such people as the Duke of Buccleuch and Lord Bolingbroke among his patrons.

D'Agar painted very much in the style of Michael Dahl, whose portraits of children are very similar, especially in the treatment of the hair.

MEASUREMENTS
HEIGHT 38 Inches Inc Frame
WIDTH 33 Inches Inc. Frame.

PROVENANCE
By descent, an old Surrey private collection.

VERSO old restorer's label

Date c.1695

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OUR REF 0389 A GENUINE BARGAIN PRICE

PriceSOLD DimensionsMEASUREMENTS HEIGHT 38 Inches Inc Frame WIDTH 33 Inches Inc. Frame. Category Antique Pictures / Engravings / Art > Antique Oil Paintings Date C1695 Late 17th Century Antiques Condition VERY GOOD COMENSURATE WITH AGE & NICE PERIOD GILTWOOD FRAME Item code as153a387 / 0389 Status Sold

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