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A 17th century portrait miniature of Sir Henry Blount (1602-1682) painted on vellum
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5094
painted on vellum, in later gilt-metal frame the reverse erroneously inscribed Judge Jeffreys
There is another version of this portrait by Dixon in the Metropolitan Museum in New York, Accession Number:24.80.513.
Sir Henry travelled widely on the Continent and in Egypt, he was knighted in 1640. He sided with the Royalists in the Civil war. His Voyage to the Levant an account of an 11 month journey, of 6 thousand miles, went through 8 editions in English between 1636 and 1671.
There is another version of this portrait by Dixon in the Metropolitan Museum in New York, Accession Number:24.80.513.
Sir Henry travelled widely on the Continent and in Egypt, he was knighted in 1640. He sided with the Royalists in the Civil war. His Voyage to the Levant an account of an 11 month journey, of 6 thousand miles, went through 8 editions in English between 1636 and 1671.
| Year | circa 1660. |
|---|---|
| Medium | gouache on vellum, |
| Signed | Signed on the reverse |
| Provenance | Lord Beauchamp, Madresfield Heckett Collection; Sotheby's, April 1978, lot 501 |
| Literature | G.C. Williamson, History of Portrait Miniatures, 1904, vol. I, pl. LIII, fig 5. G. Reynolds, English Portrait Miniatures, 1988, p. 81 |
| Exhibition | L'Exposition de la miniature a Bruxelles en 1912, 1913, p. 25 |
| Condition | Good |
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