Samuel (1608) Cooper Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Samuel (1608) Cooper Art Value Price Guide

Jul. 13, 2024
Samuel Cooper (1609-1672) Oliver Cromwell Portrait
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Featured in this lot is this oil portrait of Oliver Cromwell c. 17th century by English artist Samuel Cooper born in 1609-1672. The portrait shows the likeness of Oliver Cromwell who was born in 1599 and died in 1658 and wasn an English statesman, politician, soldier and is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the British Isles. The painting is believed to have been done by Samuel Cooper born in 1609 and died in 1672 and was a English miniature painter and the younger brother of Alexander Cooper. The condition of this portrait is well preserved with some wear to the canvas artwork itself and the wood frame shows some wear and grime to the wood but otherwise shows well preserved. The measurements of this portrait is 11 5/8" x 10".
North American Auction Company
Mar. 21, 2024
After Samuel Cooper (c.1609-72). Portrait miniature of King Charles II. English, 18th century.
Est: €3,500 - €3,750
Contained within it’s original ebony veneered frame. The example from the Royal Collection Trust bears the following description: ‘Charles II had learned of Samuel Cooper's reputation whilst in exile and lost no time in sitting to Cooper soon after his return to London following the Restoration in 1660. John Aubrey describes how within weeks of 'his majestie's happy returne', Charles II went to Cooper's studio, where 'as he sate for his picture, he was diverted by Mr. Hobbes's pleasant discourse'. Cooper's role as court limner was made official with his appointment in 1663 and the king's high regard for Cooper's work is born out by the lengths to which he went to secure the remaining pieces left in Cooper's studio after the artist's death in 1672, offering a considerable pension of £200 p.a. to Cooper's widow, Christiana.’ Measures: 8 x 6.7cm and 14 x 12.5 cm including frame.
Templum Fine Art Auctions
Jul. 05, 2023
Study of child wearing a scallop-edged cap
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Property of the Harford family Samuel Cooper London 1609 - 1672 Study of child wearing a scallop-edged cap Graphite heightened with black chalk on laid paper prepared with a pink wash 110 by 84 mm
Sotheby's
Jul. 05, 2023
Portrait of Mrs John Hoskins (d. before 1653)
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
Property of the Harford family Samuel Cooper London 1609 - 1672 Portrait of Mrs John Hoskins (d. before 1653) Black chalk on prepared paper 189 by 142 mm
Sotheby's
Jul. 05, 2023
Portrait of Mrs John Hoskins (d. before 1653)
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
Property of the Harford family Samuel Cooper London 1609 - 1672 Portrait of Mrs John Hoskins (d. before 1653) Black chalk on paper prepared with a pearl-white ground, blue border; signed with the artist's monogram lower right: SC, inscribed in another hand lower left: SC, further inscribed verso: Mrs Hoskins Pr: SC 172 by 132 mm
Sotheby's
Jul. 05, 2023
Recto: Portrait of a dead child, the artist's cousin Verso: Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as John Hoskins Junior (circa 1617-after 1703), the artist's cousin
Est: £80,000 - £120,000
Property of the Harford family Samuel Cooper London 1609 - 1672 Recto: Portrait of a dead child, the artist's cousin Verso: Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as John Hoskins Junior (circa 1617-after 1703), the artist's cousin recto: pencil and black chalk heightened with bodycolour on paper prepared with an orange/pink wash; verso: pencil and red chalk; inscribed verso lower left: Dead: Child, and in another hand Mr S:C: child done by him; further inscribed the same hand lower right: NB ye son of: Old Mr Hoskins' Son 145 by 185 mm
Sotheby's
Apr. 26, 2023
CIRCLE OF SAMUEL COOPER (BRITISH, 1609-1672): PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A NOBLEMAN
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
CIRCLE OF SAMUEL COOPER (BRITISH, 1609-1672): PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A NOBLEMAN Depicting a nobleman wearing a Royal blue mantle with gold embroidery over a burnt orange coat and white lace jabot, watercolour on vellum, unsigned, gilt-mounted within a fishskin case studded on both sides with a monogram beneath a ducal coronet, vellum dimensions 4.1cm x 5.0cm
Bonhams
Mar. 29, 2023
SAMUEL COOPER, ENGLISH 1609-1672- A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN, WEARING GILT-EDGED A
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Samuel Cooper, English 1609-1672- A portrait miniature of a young gentleman, wearing gilt-edged armour and lawn collar, circa 1645; watercolour on vellum in a later gilt-metal frame with spiral cresting, the reverse with engraved decoration, oval, 6.4 cm. high. Provenance: Harold Ward Collection, Manthorpe House, Grantham. with Philip Mould, London. Note: This portrait probably represents a young parliamentarian, wearing the lawn collar and plain armour of Cromwell's commanders (see, for example, a portrait of General Henry Ireton after Cooper [Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge no.3828] or General George Fleetwood [National Portrait Gallery no.1925] also painted during the 1640s). The sitter's animated expression (and rather avant-garde hairstyle) sit somewhat at a contrast to the seriousness of purpose indicated by his protective armour. Painted relatively early in Cooper's independent career as an artist, the influence of Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) is clear in the dramatic but sombre tones of the portrait, and in the naturalistic representation of the sitter's features. Van Dyck's inspiration for the young artist is most evident in Cooper's self-portrait of 1645 [Royal Collection RCIN 420067], close in date to the present work. The present work is close to Cooper's earliest dated portrait of 1642, the year in which he opened his independent studio, working separately from his uncle and instructor John Hoskins Senior (c.1590-1665). 1642 also saw the start of the battles which were to define the English Civil War and to some extent Cooper's career. His political neutrality served him well and he was able to paint both Royalists and Parliamentarians, bestowing both sides with equal humanity in his small likenesses. Such miniatures would have become particularly precious for families who lost loved ones in the bloody battles fought all over the country. Cooper's meticulous observational powers, and his insistence on up to eight sittings from patrons in his London studio, left a legacy of some of the most honest depictions in the history of British portraiture.
Roseberys
Feb. 25, 2022
Manner of Samuel Cooper (1609-1672), 17th / 18th century, English School, Oil on canvas, A portrait
Est: £1,000 - £2,000
Manner of Samuel Cooper (1609-1672), 17th / 18th century, English School, Oil on canvas, A portrait an English Civil War military gentleman wearing armour with a white collar. Approx. 19 1/4" x 16 1/4"
Claydon Auctioneers
Dec. 09, 2021
Circle of Samuel Cooper (British, 1609-1672)
Est: £200 - £300
Circle of Samuel Cooper (British, 1609-1672) Portrait miniature of a gentleman holding a hat under his right arm oil on copper, unframed 8.5 x 6.5cm Provenance: Property of the late Michael Stennett, Suffolk
Cheffins
Aug. 25, 2021
SAMUEL COOPER
Est: $300 - $400
(1798 - 1876) Confederate major general who was the highest-ranking officer in the Confederate army. He served as Inspector General in Richmond throughout the war and fled with Jefferson Davis when the capital fell. War date A.L.S., 2pp. 4to., Richmond, June 29, 1861, to Gen. Henry A. Wise (1806-1876), Confederate brigadier general and later Governor of Virginia, regarding troop movements. In part: '...In respect to so much of your letter as relates to the force under Colonel Tompkins in companies mustered into the state volunteer service, and which you ask to be mustered into your legion, I am instructed today that as those companies living within the district of your command must necessarily come under your orders, they need not be remustered into the force authorized...If however any questions arise which might render it important to attach them by a special muster to your legion, you are fully authorized...Every effort is being made to send forward troops for your command as fast as they are raised...' Partly inlaid to a larger sheet, minor ink show through, else fine condition. Accompanied by an engraving of Cooper. Wise's Legion was initially comprised of three regiments, later designated as 46th Virginia Infantry, 59th Virginia Infantry and 60th Virginia Infantry, forming the infantry component to which others were added. The cavalry regiment became the 10th Virginia Cavalry while the legion also had at least one battery (Hale's) of artillery.
Alexander Historical Auctions LLC
Sep. 23, 2020
Follower of Samuel Cooper (1609-1672)
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Follower of Samuel Cooper (1609-1672) Follower of Samuel Cooper (1609-1672) Portrait of Colonel Hampden, wearing armour oil on canvas 50 x 35cm, in an ebonised frame with oval mount Colonel John Hampden (1595-1643) was an English landowner and Member of Parliament, whose opposition to arbitrary taxes imposed by Charles I - perhaps not surprising, as he was also a first cousin of Oliver Cromwell - made him a national figure. He was an ally of John Pym, the Parliamentary leader, and one of the five Members of Parliament who the king attempted to arrest in January 1642, thus igniting the First English Civil War. After war began in August 1642, Hampden raised an infantry regiment, but died of wounds received at the Battle of Chalgrove Field, Oxfordshire, on 18 June 1643. His death was considered a serious blow, as he was one of the few Parliamentary leaders able to keep the different factions together, but his bravery and integrity were long remembered. An attribution has been suggested to Sir Peter Lely, from the 1650s.
Sworders
May. 16, 2020
Samuel Cooper (1609-1672) attrib. Porträt wohl von Fürst Anton Florian von
Est: -
Samuel Cooper (1609-1672) attrib. Porträt wohl von Fürst Anton Florian von Liechtenstein (1656-1721). Gouache/Bein, re./u./unleserlich sign., hi./Gl./gerahmt, Gouache: 6,3 x 5,4 cm / Rahmen: 10,2 x 8,9 cm. (besch.)
Antiquitäten Metz GmbH - Kunstauktionen
Feb. 05, 2020
Y CIRCLE OF SAMUEL COOPER (BRITISH 1609-1672) PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF CHARLES II
Est: £600 - £800
oval, watercolour on vellum, the King facing to the left in a full bottomed natural wig and wearing a white lace lawn collar and Blue Garter sash over armour, within a hinged and scalloped tortoiseshell box frame (Dimensions: 6.5cm high)
Lyon & Turnbull
Jul. 04, 2019
SAMUEL COOPER | Portrait of a gentleman, circa 1665
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, silver-gilt frame with scroll surmount; signed left centre with artist's monogram: SC
Sotheby's
Jul. 04, 2019
SAMUEL COOPER | Portrait of a gentleman, circa 1667
Est: £12,000 - £18,000
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, gilt-metal frame; signed lower left with the artist's monogram: SC
Sotheby's
Jul. 04, 2019
SAMUEL COOPER | Portrait of a cleric
Est: £5,000 - £8,000
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, mounted on a playing card, gilt-metal frame; signed with the artist's initials and dated centre right: SC / 1650
Sotheby's
Jul. 04, 2019
SAMUEL COOPER | Portrait of a lady, circa 1650
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, mounted on a playing card, gilt-metal and enamel frame; signed centre right with the artist's initials: S.C.
Sotheby's
Jul. 04, 2019
SAMUEL COOPER | Portrait of a gentleman
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gold on vellum, mounted on a playing card, gold frame with scroll surmount; signed with the artist's intitals and dated lower right: S.C. / 1653
Sotheby's
Feb. 20, 2019
MANNER OF SAMUEL COOPER (1609-1672), framed watercolour, unsigned, quarter length portrait of a female. 7.5 cm x 6 cm.
Est: £150 - £200
MANNER OF SAMUEL COOPER (1609-1672), framed watercolour, unsigned, quarter length portrait of a female. 7.5 cm x 6 cm.
Hannam's Auctioneers
Dec. 06, 2018
SAMUEL COOPER | Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Lady Hardinge
Est: £12,000 - £18,000
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, gilt-metal frame inset with pastes; signed with the artist's monogram and dated centre left: SC. / 1664
Sotheby's
Dec. 06, 2018
SAMUEL COOPER | Portrait of a gentleman, circa 1665
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, mounted on prepared card, gilt-metal frame, scroll surmount, glazed reverse; signed centre left: SC
Sotheby's
Dec. 06, 2018
SAMUEL COOPER | Portrait of a lady, circa 1655
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, mounted on a playing card, gilt-metal frame, decorated with ribbon-bound laurel leaf border; signed with the artist's monogram lower left: SC.
Sotheby's
Dec. 06, 2018
SAMUEL COOPER | Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Lady Claypole, née Cromwell
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, mounted on a playing card, silver-gilt frame with scroll surmount, reverse engraved with the sitter's name; signed with the artist's monogram and dated centre left: SC. / 1654
Sotheby's
Dec. 06, 2018
SAMUEL COOPER | Portrait of a gentleman wearing armour, circa 1650
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, gold frame, the ribbon-tie surmount and reverse enamelled in opaque turquoise with a black and white border; signed with the artist's initials centre right: S.C.
Sotheby's
Jul. 04, 2018
Samuel Cooper (British, 1609-1672)
Est: £7,000 - £10,000
SAMUEL COOPER (BRITISH, 1609-1672) A lady in peach dress and gold shawl, wearing a pearl necklace On vellum Oval, 65 mm. high, in later silver frame with spiral cresting
Christie's
Jul. 04, 2018
Samuel Cooper (British, 1609-1672)
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
SAMUEL COOPER (BRITISH, 1609-1672) A gentleman, possibly Admiral Sir William Penn (1621-1670), in armour and lace collar Signed with monogram and dated ‘SC / 1666’ (lower right) On vellum Oval, 68 mm. high, black wood frame
Christie's
Jul. 05, 2017
SAMUEL COOPER | Portrait of Sir William Fairfax (1609-1644)
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum; signed lower left: SC; early 18 th century gold frame, the reverse finely engraved with sitter's monogram
Sotheby's
Nov. 17, 2016
SAMUEL COOPER (BRITISH, 1609-1672)
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
SAMUEL COOPER (BRITISH, 1609-1672) 55 mm. high, silver frame
Christie's
Dec. 01, 2015
SAMUEL COOPER (BRITISH, 1609-1672)
Est: -
SAMUEL COOPER (BRITISH, 1609-1672)
Christie's
Jun. 02, 2015
A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF YOUNG GENTLEMAN, BY SAMUEL COOPER (1609-1672), DATED 1649
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF YOUNG GENTLEMAN, BY SAMUEL COOPER (1609-1672), DATED 1649 with curling brown hair, wearing a white lawn collar and gold studded armour, dark background, signed with gold intials S.C. and dated, vellum on card, in period rectangular tortoiseshell veneered frame with modified back oval 6.2cm
Matthew Barton Ltd
Jun. 02, 2015
SAMUEL COOPER (BRITISH, 1609-1672) Oval, 72 mm. high, in gilt-metal frame
Est: £15,000 - £25,000
SAMUEL COOPER (BRITISH, 1609-1672) Oval, 72 mm. high, in gilt-metal frame with spiral cresting, the reverse engraved 'Gen,,l Monck, / Duke of Albemarle. / by Cooper'
Christie's
Apr. 22, 2015
CIRCLE OF SAMUEL COOPER (British, 1609-1672) A Gentleman, wearing black cloak and small white collar
Est: £800 - £1,200
CIRCLE OF SAMUEL COOPER (British, 1609-1672) A Gentleman, wearing black cloak and small white collar, his brown hair falling to his shoulders
Bonhams
Apr. 22, 2015
SAMUEL COOPER (British, 1609-1672) A Gentleman of the Slingsby family, possibly Sir Thomas Slingsby
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
SAMUEL COOPER (British, 1609-1672) A Gentleman of the Slingsby family, possibly Sir Thomas Slingsby of Scriven, 2nd Baronet (1636-c.1687), wearing suit of armour over white stock and cravat tied with black ribbon, his brown hair falling in waves to his shoulders
Bonhams
Feb. 11, 2015
SAMUEL COOPER
Est: $75 - $100
SAMUEL COOPER (1798 - 1876) Confederate major general who was the highest ranking officer in the Confederate army. He served as Inspector General in Richmond throughout the war and fled with Jefferson Davis when the capitol fell. Partly-printed D.S. as U.S. Adjutant General, 1p. 8vo., Washington, Feb. 15, 1853, General Orders No. 5 setting forth the "northern boundary of Department, No. 8...". Docket at top, binding holes at left, else very good.
Alexander Historical Auctions LLC
Nov. 19, 2014
A Gentleman of the Slingsby family, possibly Sir Thomas Slingsby of Scriven, 2nd Baronet (1636-c.1687), wearing suit of armour over white stock and cravat tied with black ribbon, his brown hair falling in waves to his shoulders
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
A Gentleman of the Slingsby family, possibly Sir Thomas Slingsby of Scriven, 2nd Baronet (1636-c.1687), wearing suit of armour over white stock and cravat tied with black ribbon, his brown hair falling in waves to his shoulders. Watercolour on vellum, silver frame with pierced spiral cresting. Oval, 70mm (2 3/4in) high
Bonhams
Nov. 19, 2014
A Young Officer, wearing full armour and white lawn collar, his natural hair falling in waves to his shoulders
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
A Young Officer, wearing full armour and white lawn collar, his natural hair falling in waves to his shoulders. Watercolour on vellum, gilt-metal frame, the outer spokes and inner borders with white and black chequered enamel, the reverse with pierced devotional motifs including a chalice and cross, enamelled in blue, white and black. Oval, 42mm (1 5/8in) high
Bonhams
May. 21, 2014
MICHAEL BARTLETT, VPSLM, VPRMS, HS (British,
Est: -
MICHAEL BARTLETT, VPSLM, VPRMS, HS (British, 1922-2008) after Samuel Cooper (1609-1672) Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland (1653-1658), wearing white collar
Bonhams
Feb. 19, 2014
SAMUEL COOPER
Est: $100 - $150
SAMUEL COOPER (1798 - 1876) Confederate major general who was the highest ranking officer in the Confederate army. He served as Inspector General in Richmond throughout the war and fled with Jefferson Davis when the capitol fell. A.L.S. 1p. 4to., Washington, Jan. 25, 1856 stating that he has arranged a placement for a veteran at a military asylum. Glue remnants along extreme left margin, else fine.
Alexander Historical Auctions LLC
Feb. 19, 2014
SAMUEL COOPER
Est: $100 - $150
SAMUEL COOPER (1798 - 1876) Confederate major general who was the highest ranking officer in the Confederate army. He served as Inspector General in Richmond throughout the war and fled with Jefferson Davis when the capitol fell. Lot of two signed general orders as Adjutant General, Washington, 1853, the first ordering automatic promotions after a certain numbers of years have passed, the second concerning courts martial. Very good.
Alexander Historical Auctions LLC
Jun. 04, 2013
SAMUEL COOPER (BRITISH, 1609-1672) AND A LATER HAND
Est: -
SAMUEL COOPER (BRITISH, 1609-1672) AND A LATER HAND Mrs Bevet, in blue and white décolleté dress with pearl necklace, drop-pearl earring and hair ornament on vellum oval, 2¼ in. (57 mm.) high, giltwood frame with beaded surround Inscribed in pen on reverse 'Mrs Bevet mother of Mrs Stroude [sic] Grandmother of Mrs Osborn'
Christie's
May. 09, 2012
SAMUEL COOPER
Est: $100 - $150
SAMUEL COOPER (1798 - 1876) Highest ranking Confederate general during the Civil War. Signed General Orders No. 41, 4pp. 8vo., Dec. 11, 1852 dealing with the General Court Martial in New York of Asst. Surgeon Lyman H. Stone on the charges of conduct unbecoming of an officer and conduct to the prejudice of good order. Stone is accused of striking 1st Lt. H.B. Schroeder in the head "whilst he… was looking in an opposite direction, and was in the act of eating his breakfast…".
Alexander Historical Auctions LLC
Nov. 23, 2011
Samuel Cooper (British, 1609-1672) A young Gentleman, wearing armour with brass studs and twisted trim to the gardbrace and white lace edged cravat tied with a thin white thread
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
A young Gentleman, wearing armour with brass studs and twisted trim to the gardbrace and white lace edged cravat tied with a thin white thread. Watercolour on vellum, signed on the obverse with monogram SC, gilt-metal frame. Oval, 72mm (2 13/16in) high
Bonhams
Oct. 05, 2011
Circle of Samuel Cooper (British, 1609-1672) A Gentleman, wearing suit of armour, white lace lawn collar and long curled wig
Est: £300 - £400
A Gentleman, wearing suit of armour, white lace lawn collar and long curled wig. Watercolour on vellum, gilt-metal frame with pierced spiral cresting. Oval, 76mm (3in) high
Bonhams
Sep. 07, 2011
Circle of Samuel Cooper (British, 1609-1672) A Gentleman, wearing suit of armour, white lace lawn collar and long curled wig
Est: £500 - £700
A Gentleman, wearing suit of armour, white lace lawn collar and long curled wig. Watercolour on vellum, gilt-metal frame with pierced spiral cresting. Oval, 76mm (3in) high
Bonhams
May. 25, 2011
Circle of Samuel Cooper (British, 1609-1672) Charles II (1630–1685), wearing white lace falling collar and long natural wig
Est: £600 - £800
Charles II (1630–1685), wearing white lace falling collar and long natural wig. Watercolour on vellum, gold bracelet clasp mount with paste border. Oval, 23mm (7/8in) high Provenance: Christie's, 11 July 1985, lot 532 (as by David des Granges) Christie's 17 November 2009, lot 251
Bonhams
May. 25, 2011
Circle of Samuel Cooper (British, 1609-1672) A Gentleman, wearing suit of armour, white lace lawn collar and long curled wig
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
A Gentleman, wearing suit of armour, white lace lawn collar and long curled wig. Watercolour on vellum, gilt-metal frame with pierced spiral cresting. Oval, 76mm (3in) high
Bonhams
Apr. 14, 2011
SAMUEL COOPER
Est: £30,000 - £40,000
SAMUEL COOPER 1608-1672 PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, PROBABLY SIDNEY GODOLPHIN (1610-1643) with flowing fair hair, wearing full armour and a lawn collar watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, held in a gold frame enamelled in pale turquoise, the reverse decorated in white, black and rust with a raised central rosette and dentelle border, the suspension loop set with a ruby, the clasp holder with a diamond, later red leather and gold tooled case 7.1 by 5.7 cm.; 2 7/8 by 2 1/4 in.
Sotheby's