Matthew Snelling (fl.1644-1670)

Matthew Snelling (fl.1644-1670)
Portrait of a gentleman, facing right in a black doublet with gold buttons, white lawn collar with tassels, a black cloak, shoulder-length brown hair, beard and moustache
signed and dated on the reverse 'M:S fc Novembur, 1647', miniature on vellum laid on card, with inscription and two hearts in watercolour to the reverse, oval
6.2 x 5cm, silver frame with spiral cresting and hanging loop

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 12 December 1966, lot 46;
Christie's London, 21 November 2000, lot 68.