Alexander Cooper (1609-1660)
Alexander Cooper (1609-1660)
Portrait of a nobleman, full face in slashed black doublet to reveal white, large lawn collar, wearing a blue sash, beard and moustache
on vellum, oval
2.4 x 2.1cm
Provenance: Christie's London, 30 April 1996, lot 31.
An inscription on the reverse of the miniature identifies the sitter as Prince Rupert, but the sitter bears more resemblance to the Winter King. Other very similar miniatures by Alexander Cooper are in the Bode Museum, Berlin.
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Alexander Cooper (1609-1660)
Portrait of a nobleman, full face in slashed black doublet to reveal white, large lawn collar, wearing a blue sash, beard and moustache
on vellum, oval
2.4 x 2.1cm
Provenance: Christie's London, 30 April 1996, lot 31.
An inscription on the reverse of the miniature identifies the sitter as Prince Rupert, but the sitter bears more resemblance to the Winter King. Other very similar miniatures by Alexander Cooper are in the Bode Museum, Berlin.
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