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Miniature of James II, when Duke of York
Artist: Samuel Cooper (1609 - 1672)
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: 1661
Materials: watercolour on vellum
Dimensions: 8 x 6 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £1,300 (Total: £2,300)
Review number: 1795 (1955)
Provenance:
Richard Graham; James Sotheby; by descent to Lieutenant Nigel Sotheby; Sotheby's, 11/10/55
Description:
Samuel Cooper was widely recognised as the greatest miniature painter of the seventeenth century. Though the Victoria and Albert Museum had a representative selection, it hitherto lacked an outstanding example showing his power as a painter of men. This miniature was painted when Cooper was at the height of his power and is among his greatest works.
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