Attributed to WILLIAM AIKMAN
Attributed to WILLIAM AIKMAN
(Forfar 1628–1731 London)Portrait of Charles Elphinstone, 9th Lord Elphinstone.Oil on canvas.Inscribed upper left: CHARLES 9th LORD ELPHINSTONE Na1676Ob1738.76 × 63.5 cm.
Lot 6090 - ibid160 Old Master Paintings - online only
Provenance:
– Auction Sotheby's Olympia London, 30 November 2005, lot 12.
- With Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh (verso with label).
- Swiss private collection.
This elegant portrait of the 9th Lord Elphinstone, Charles Elphinstone (1682–1757), conceived in an oval format, belongs to a group of portraits of members of the Elphinstone family that came onto the market from a family trust at Sotheby's Olympia in London in November 2005. Charles Elphinstone studied at the University of Glasgow in 1699 and subsequently joined the army. Several pages are devoted to him in Sir William Fraser's Elphinstone Family Book (see: William Fraser: The Elphinstone Family Book of the Lords Elphinstone, Balmerino and Coupar, Edinburgh 1897, pp. 237 ff.). It also includes an illustration of a work closely resembling the present painting, depicting the 9th Lord Elphinstone in a three-quarter-length portrait.
Oil on canvas, lined, with paper adhesive strips along the margins. Paint surface well preserved, with a fine network of craquelure. Minimal stretcher marks and minimal colour abrasion along the margins.
Under UV light areas of retouching visible on the figure and in the background. Varnish fluoresces unevenly greenish.
Overall in good condition.
Frame: 94.5 × 82 cm.
Condition reports are made by us after a thorough examination and to the best of our knowledge and belief. However, we are not professional restorers, so condition reports reflect only our personal assessment.
The objects are auctioned in the condition they are in at the time of the auction. We cannot guarantee the condition reports we prepare.
Attributed to WILLIAM AIKMAN
(Forfar 1628–1731 London)Portrait of Charles Elphinstone, 9th Lord Elphinstone.Oil on canvas.Inscribed upper left: CHARLES 9th LORD ELPHINSTONE Na1676Ob1738.76 × 63.5 cm.
Lot 6090 - ibid160 Old Master Paintings - online only
Provenance:
– Auction Sotheby's Olympia London, 30 November 2005, lot 12.
- With Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh (verso with label).
- Swiss private collection.
This elegant portrait of the 9th Lord Elphinstone, Charles Elphinstone (1682–1757), conceived in an oval format, belongs to a group of portraits of members of the Elphinstone family that came onto the market from a family trust at Sotheby's Olympia in London in November 2005. Charles Elphinstone studied at the University of Glasgow in 1699 and subsequently joined the army. Several pages are devoted to him in Sir William Fraser's Elphinstone Family Book (see: William Fraser: The Elphinstone Family Book of the Lords Elphinstone, Balmerino and Coupar, Edinburgh 1897, pp. 237 ff.). It also includes an illustration of a work closely resembling the present painting, depicting the 9th Lord Elphinstone in a three-quarter-length portrait.
Oil on canvas, lined, with paper adhesive strips along the margins. Paint surface well preserved, with a fine network of craquelure. Minimal stretcher marks and minimal colour abrasion along the margins.
Under UV light areas of retouching visible on the figure and in the background. Varnish fluoresces unevenly greenish.
Overall in good condition.
Frame: 94.5 × 82 cm.
Condition reports are made by us after a thorough examination and to the best of our knowledge and belief. However, we are not professional restorers, so condition reports reflect only our personal assessment.
The objects are auctioned in the condition they are in at the time of the auction. We cannot guarantee the condition reports we prepare.
