A canvas baroque portrait painting captures aristocratic sitters and dramatic lighting across the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Sitters occasionally pose alongside botanical novelties like orange trees to flaunt their exotic indoor gardening skills.
![17th Century Portrait Circle of Michael Dahl,of Sir William Cowper [1639-1706]](https://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/photosnew/dealer_countryhousefineart/dealer_countryhousefineart_full_1525617097668-7609063232.jpg)
