English school, late 17th century, Portrait of Richard Assh...

Hammer

£900

English school, late 17th century,
Portrait of Richard Assheton of Chadderton,
Half length in clerical costume with a lawn collar, landscape to his left inscribed bottom left 'Rich Afheton of Chaddington' and middle left 'AETs Suea 33',
Oil on canvas,
73cm x 63cm,
Gilt framed

Provenance: The Estate of Lord Kenyon, Gredington.

More Information

The painting shows evidence of re-lining, re-stretching and re-framing. There is evidence of water dripping on the top edge of the frame, with a single drip mark running the length of the picture through the right of the face. This drip mark remains visible when the paint surface is lightly moistened. There are further small surface marks (mainly a white residue) in the top left, middle centre and lower half of the picture, with further small pale areas which look like residue but are in fact small areas of of paint loss, the largest to the left of the head. UV inspection reveals no evidence of restoration to the paint surface. The frame shows the odd small loss to the moulding.