Roy Precious - Antiques & Fine Art has dated this Baroque Nobleman Oil Portrait to the 18th Century.
Regardless of the sitter's identity it is an excellent painting of a good-looking young man.
Oil on canvas; the portrait was originally oval and slightly larger.
Many were adapted at this time.
MICHAEL DAHL (1659-1743) was born in Stockholm; after studying in Paris, Rome and Frankfurt he settled in London in 1689. He soon became the best patronised portrait painter in England after Kneller. He was much employed at the Court painting many portraits; a great patron of the 1690s was the Duke of Somerset, for whom he painted the series of portraits of Court ladies known as the 'Petworth Beauties'.
His style is extremely close to Kneller but his interpretation of character is less brash and more human. He has a quieter but somehow more understanding appeal to character which relies on its own integrity to make its impact; his works are of a real distinction.
SIZE: 30 x 23.5 inches framed.
PROVENANCE: *Nottinghamshire private collection.
With Roy Precious Fine Art, King William House, Settle, Yorkshire
Yorkshire private collection 2000 - 2022
Roy Precious - Antiques & Fine Art has dated this Baroque Nobleman Oil Portrait to the 18th Century.
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Portrait of a Nobleman c.1705; Attributed to Michael Dahl.
