After Gerrit von Honthorst (1590-1656). Portrait of Princess Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, 19th century, oil on canvas, inscribed centre left ‘Elizabetha / Reg.a. Bohemiae', oil on canvas, 50 x 40 ins, in ebonized frame with gilded appliqué acanthus leaf motif, 148 x 122 cm (58 1/4 x 48 ins) (Quantity: 1) This large painting is a copy of a studio version of the state portrait of Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia, by Gerrit van Honthorst. Honthorst's prototype was formerly in the collection of Sir William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven. After Elizabeth’s death in 1662, most of her collection passed onto her intimate friend and supporter Sir William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (1608–1697) at Combe Abbey, where they were kept until sold in Sotheby's, London on 27 November 1968. The prototype is now in the Government Art Collection, and presently in the British Embassy in Prague.The present work is closer in detail of the setting to a studio version of Honthorst’s prototype, both lacking Honthort’s external view, and with the fan in her hand rather than the sceptre which is now on the table and an additional orb. However, the treatment of coiffure and costume in the present painting differs from both the studio and the prime version. The studio version was offered at Sotheby’s, London, Old Master and British Paintings, Evening Sale, lot 15.
After Gerrit von Honthorst (1590-1656). Portrait of Princess Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, 19th century, oil on canvas, inscribed centre left ‘Elizabetha / Reg.a. Bohemiae', oil on canvas, 50 x 40 ins, in ebonized frame with gilded appliqué acanthus leaf motif, 148 x 122 cm (58 1/4 x 48 ins) (Quantity: 1) This large painting is a copy of a studio version of the state portrait of Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia, by Gerrit van Honthorst. Honthorst's prototype was formerly in the collection of Sir William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven. After Elizabeth’s death in 1662, most of her collection passed onto her intimate friend and supporter Sir William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (1608–1697) at Combe Abbey, where they were kept until sold in Sotheby's, London on 27 November 1968. The prototype is now in the Government Art Collection, and presently in the British Embassy in Prague.The present work is closer in detail of the setting to a studio version of Honthorst’s prototype, both lacking Honthort’s external view, and with the fan in her hand rather than the sceptre which is now on the table and an additional orb. However, the treatment of coiffure and costume in the present painting differs from both the studio and the prime version. The studio version was offered at Sotheby’s, London, Old Master and British Paintings, Evening Sale, lot 15.
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