After Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646/9-1723). Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer 18th century, oil on canvas half-length portrait within a feigned oval, 36.5 x 29 cm (14 3/8 x 11 3/8 ins), old gilt frame with beading motif (43 x 35 cm) (Quantity: 1) Provenance: W. A. Foyle; Christopher Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey. A copy after a lost portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller of the celebrated French painter Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer known from an engraving by George White dated 1715. A drawing for the lost painting, dated circa 1697–99, is in the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. This version erroneously given to William Hogarth as depicting John Gay with a gilt cartouche on the frame inscribed ‘John Gay / W. Hogarth’ and inscribed in pen and ink on the stretcher ‘John Gay’.
After Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646/9-1723). Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer 18th century, oil on canvas half-length portrait within a feigned oval, 36.5 x 29 cm (14 3/8 x 11 3/8 ins), old gilt frame with beading motif (43 x 35 cm) (Quantity: 1) Provenance: W. A. Foyle; Christopher Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey. A copy after a lost portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller of the celebrated French painter Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer known from an engraving by George White dated 1715. A drawing for the lost painting, dated circa 1697–99, is in the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. This version erroneously given to William Hogarth as depicting John Gay with a gilt cartouche on the frame inscribed ‘John Gay / W. Hogarth’ and inscribed in pen and ink on the stretcher ‘John Gay’.
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