STUDIO OF ANTHONY VAN DYCK (FLEMISH 1599 - 1641) PORTRAIT OF SIR EDWARD STRADLING
Description: STUDIO OF ANTHONY VAN DYCK (FLEMISH 1599 - 1641) PORTRAIT OF SIR EDWARD STRADLING Oil on canvas (Dimensions: 73cm x 57in (28.75in x 22.5in))
Provenance: Note: Sir Edward Stradling, 2nd Baronet (1601-1644) was an English politician at the time of the Civil War. He inherited the baronetcy in 1637 upon the death of his father, the poet and politician Sir John Stradling, 1 st Baronet. Edward was a keen businessman and was elected as a member of Parliament for Glanmorgan in the Short Parliament of 1640. During the first English Civil War, Stradling marched with troops from Glamorgan to join Charles I at Shrewsbury in 1642. He was Colonel of a regiment of foot at the Battle of Edgehill, a conflict in which he was taken prisoner. He died the next year and was buried at Jesus College Chapel in Oxford on 21st June 1644. Therefore, this portrait could not have been painted after 1642. He married Mary Mansel and had one son, with whom he lived at the family seat of St. Donat’s Castle in Wales. St Donat’s was in the Stradling family from around 1300 until the death of Sir Thomas Stradling in 1738. The castle fell into a state of decline until it was purchased by the American newspaper and magazine tycoon William Randolph Hearst in 1925 for $130,000. Hearst undertook an extensive redevelopment programme of the castle, spending vast sums of money on furniture, decorations, and works of art. His spending was so significant that at the peak of his buying, Hearst's expenditure accounted for a quarter of the world's entire art market. It is most likely during this period that Hearst purchased this portrait of Sir Edward Stradling by the Studio of Anthony Van Dyck, returning it to its original home.
Provenance: The Dukes of Bedford, Woburn Abbey; by descent to Hastings William Saxville Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford; His sale Christie's January 19th 1951, Lot 93; William Randolph Hearst for display at St. Donat's Castle; William Randolph Hearst's London editor Hampstead; unnamed London businessman who purchased the picture with the Hampstead residence and, when transferring his affairs to Israel, gifted the painting to the present owner as a pension fund payment in 1990. Private UK Collection Dimensions: 73cm x 57in (28.75in x 22.5in)
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Description: STUDIO OF ANTHONY VAN DYCK (FLEMISH 1599 - 1641) PORTRAIT OF SIR EDWARD STRADLING Oil on canvas (Dimensions: 73cm x 57in (28.75in x 22.5in))
Provenance: Note: Sir Edward Stradling, 2nd Baronet (1601-1644) was an English politician at the time of the Civil War. He inherited the baronetcy in 1637 upon the death of his father, the poet and politician Sir John Stradling, 1 st Baronet. Edward was a keen businessman and was elected as a member of Parliament for Glanmorgan in the Short Parliament of 1640. During the first English Civil War, Stradling marched with troops from Glamorgan to join Charles I at Shrewsbury in 1642. He was Colonel of a regiment of foot at the Battle of Edgehill, a conflict in which he was taken prisoner. He died the next year and was buried at Jesus College Chapel in Oxford on 21st June 1644. Therefore, this portrait could not have been painted after 1642. He married Mary Mansel and had one son, with whom he lived at the family seat of St. Donat’s Castle in Wales. St Donat’s was in the Stradling family from around 1300 until the death of Sir Thomas Stradling in 1738. The castle fell into a state of decline until it was purchased by the American newspaper and magazine tycoon William Randolph Hearst in 1925 for $130,000. Hearst undertook an extensive redevelopment programme of the castle, spending vast sums of money on furniture, decorations, and works of art. His spending was so significant that at the peak of his buying, Hearst's expenditure accounted for a quarter of the world's entire art market. It is most likely during this period that Hearst purchased this portrait of Sir Edward Stradling by the Studio of Anthony Van Dyck, returning it to its original home.
Provenance: The Dukes of Bedford, Woburn Abbey; by descent to Hastings William Saxville Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford; His sale Christie's January 19th 1951, Lot 93; William Randolph Hearst for display at St. Donat's Castle; William Randolph Hearst's London editor Hampstead; unnamed London businessman who purchased the picture with the Hampstead residence and, when transferring his affairs to Israel, gifted the painting to the present owner as a pension fund payment in 1990. Private UK Collection Dimensions: 73cm x 57in (28.75in x 22.5in)
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