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Portrait of a Gentleman with his Dog - Possibly Abraham Tucker. Oil on Canvas

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Enoch Seeman - 1894 - 1744 An excellent example of Seeman's work. It is typically unsigned as was the case of many portraits of that time. A three quarter length portrait showing a rich upper classed man with beautiful and expensive clothing. He is holding a riding crop and has a beautiful hound looking up at his master. Provenance: Christies King Street Canvas Size: 50 x 40" (127 x 102cm) Outside Frame Size: 58 x 48" (147 x 122cm) He was born in Danzig, now Gdansk, Poland, around 1694. His father, also Enoch was born around 1661, and the Seeman family were painters. Having been brought to London from his home of Flanders by his father in 1704, the younger Seeman's painting career as we know it began with a group portrait of the Bisset family in the style of the portraitist Godfrey Kneller, now held at Castle Forbes in Grampion Scotland, and dated by an inscription 1708. As a painter to the British royal court Seeman the Younger completed portraits of George 1, in 1730, in the robes of his coronation and of George II some years later. The first of these pictures is held at the Middle Temple in London, England, and the second is at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England, part of the royal collection. In 1734, Seeman painted a portrait of Jane Pratt Taylor, daughter of Lord Chief Justice John Pratt. The portrait was sent to William Byrd II of Westover, in Virginia, where it became part of the largest colonial portrait collection of the early eighteenth century. The painting is now part of the collection of the Virginia Historical Society. The Yale University Art Gallery owns a portrait of Elihu Yale in 1717 by Seeman and the Metropolitan Museum in New York, USA owns his rendering of Sir James Dashwood, described by the Grove Dictionary of Art as 'Exceptionally lively'. Also by Seeman the younger, Abraham Tucker in 1739 at the National Portrait Gallery in London, England, and various copies of sixteenth and seventeenth century portraits. The National Trust owns two examples of this set of his work – at Dunham Massey in Cheshire, England, a copy of a portrait of Lady Diana Cecil, and at Belton House in Lincolnshire, England, of Lady Cust and her nine children. Dresden and Hanover museums have also displayed his work.
  • Attributed to:
    Enoch Seeman (1694 - 1744, Polish)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 58 in (147.32 cm)Width: 48 in (121.92 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
    1730-1739
  • Condition:
    It is in good condition with a hand made frame and has benefited from a high quality reline and a light clean.
  • Gallery Location:
    St. Albans, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2469214420532

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