Wednesday, January 9, 2019

17th-century Paintings Collected by George III, part one

Bernardo Strozzi
The Concert
ca. 1635
oil on canvas
(acquired by George III from the collection of Joseph Smith, British Consul at Venice)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Anthony van Dyck
The Five Eldest Children of Charles I
1637
oil on canvas
(purchased by George III in 1765)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Frans Francken II
The Cabinet of a Collector
1617
oil on panel
(acquired by George III from the collection of Joseph Smith, British Consul at Venice)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Jacob de Formentrou
A Cabinet of Pictures
1659
oil on canvas
(acquired from an unknown source by George III)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Johannes Vermeer
Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman
ca. 1662-65
oil on canvas
(acquired by George III from the collection of Joseph Smith, British Consul at Venice)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Rembrandt
Young Man wearing a Turban
1631
oil on panel
(acquired by George III from the collection of Joseph Smith, British Consul at Venice)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Anonymous Dutch painter
Study of Standing Man
ca. 1630
oil on canvas
(purchased by George III)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Guercino
Libyan Sibyl
1651
oil on canvas
(probably purchased in Italy by Richard Dalton for George III in the early 1760s)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

follower of Guercino
St Peter
ca. 1640-60
oil on canvas
(acquired from an unknown source by George III)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

follower of Guercino
St Paul
ca. 1640-60
oil on canvas
(acquired from an unknown source by George III)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Frans Hals
Portrait of a Man
1630
oil on canvas
(acquired from an unknown source by George III)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Domenico Fetti
Portrait of Vincenzo Avogadro
1620
oil on canvas
(acquired by George III from the collection of Joseph Smith, British Consul at Venice -
then attributed to Anthony van Dyck)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Pietro Liberi
Mythological Subject
ca. 1660-65
oil on canvas
(acquired by George III from the collection of Joseph Smith, British Consul at Venice)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Pietro Liberi
Three Graces
1670s
oil on canvas
(acquired by George III from the collection of Joseph Smith, British Consul at Venice)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Abraham van Diepenbeeck
Death of St Anthony Abbot
ca. 1600
oil on panel
(acquired by George III from the collection of Joseph Smith, British Consul at Venice)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

attributed to Valentin Lefèvre after Paolo Veronese
The Presentation in the Temple
ca. 1660-82
oil on canvas
(acquired by George III from the collection of Joseph Smith, British Consul at Venice)
Royal Collection, Great Britain