John Hoskins the Younger
Portrait miniature of a Gentleman called Inigo Jones, in black gown, white lawn collar with tassels, black skull cap, long curling brown hair; pillar and landscape background with castle in the distance (in studio of John Hoskins the Elder), c. 1650
Watercolour on vellum
Oval, 2 13/16 inches (7.1 cm) high
Philip Mould & Co.
To view all current artworks for sale visit philipmould.com The present work is an unusually large example of John Hoskin’s style c.1650 and on a scholarly level demonstrates the...
To view all current artworks for sale visit philipmould.com
The present work is an unusually large example of John Hoskin’s style c.1650 and on a scholarly level demonstrates the past difficulties in distinguishing between the hand of Hoskins and his pupil Cooper.
The first record we have of this portrait miniature is when it appeared at auction in 1928 after having been in the collection of a Miss J.M. Seymour
The present work is an unusually large example of John Hoskin’s style c.1650 and on a scholarly level demonstrates the past difficulties in distinguishing between the hand of Hoskins and his pupil Cooper.
The first record we have of this portrait miniature is when it appeared at auction in 1928 after having been in the collection of a Miss J.M. Seymour
Provenance
Miss J. M. Seymour; Sotheby's, London, 9 May 1928, lot 50 (as Inigo Jones by Samuel Cooper).E.P. Jones Collection, Chester;
Robert Bayne-Powell (1910-1994) Collection.
English Private Collection.
Exhibitions
London, National Portrait Gallery, Samuel Cooper and his contemporaries, 1974, no 57 (as An Unknown Man, called Inigo Jones, lent by Robert Bayne-Powell).Literature
D. Foskett, Samuel Cooper and his contemporaries, National Portrait Gallery, 1974, no. 57, illustrated p. 26.1
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