Robert Peake the Elder

Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, with Sir John Harington, in the Hunting Field



Robert Peake the Elder - Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, with Sir John Harington, in the Hunting Field



Robert Peake the Elder
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, with Sir John Harington, in the Hunting Field
1603
201.9 x 147.3 cm
Oil on canvas
Dated and inscribed: (center left) 1603 / fe / Æ·11·; (lower left) Sir John Harrington.; (upper right) 1603 / fe / Æ ·9·; (lower right) Henry Frederick Prince of Wales Son /of King James the 1st.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1944


Literature

Collection catalogues
Katharine Baetjer, British paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875, New York; New Haven and London, 2009, nr. 5


Provenance

?the sitter's father, John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton, until died 1613
?by descent to Thomas Pope, 4th Earl of Downe, Wroxton Abbey, near Banbury, until died 1668
?Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford, Wroxton Abbey, 1672–died 1685
Francis North, 7th Baron North and 1st Earl of Guilford, Wroxton Abbey, by 1741–died 1790
by descent to Susan, Baroness North, and Colonel John Sydney Doyle North, Wroxton Abbey, by 1857–his death 1894, as by Van Somer
William Henry John North, 11th Baron North, Wroxton Abbey, 1894–1914
with Agnew, London, 1914–16, as by Isaac Oliver, sold to Davison
Henry Pomeroy Davison, Locust Valley, N.Y., 1916–died 1922
Mrs. Henry Pomeroy (Kate T.) Davison, Locust Valley and New York, 1922–44, sold through Duveen to MMA

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 44.27

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