Lot 484
STUDIO OF ANTONIO DAVID (ITALIAN 1698-1750)
PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD STUART
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 17 August 2016 from 12:00 BST
Description
oil on canvas and a companion, CARDINAL DUKE OF YORK, a pair (2)
Dimensions
62cm x 47cm (24.25in x 18.5in)
Footnote
Note:
This striking pair of portraits depict the Princes' Charles and Henry during their teenage years. David had been painting for the Stuart court for many years, and his work included creating childhood likenesses of the boys. This slightly later pair, although very similar to the childhood portraits, present the Princes in more mature apparel, with Henry sporting a breast plate under his elaborate jacket and Charles in full armour, possibly in reference to his first military experience, witnessing the siege of Gaeta in 1734. This later pair of portraits, which the offered paintings are after, were the last portraits painted by David for the Stuarts.
For a similar pair from the Sir James H Drummond of Hawthorden Castle collection see 'Jacobite, Stuart & Scottish Applied Art' Lyon & Turnbull 13th May 2015, lot 67