Lot 27: MICHIEL JANSZ. VAN MIEREVELT AND STUDIO | Portrait of Frederick I, King of Bohemia (1596–1632); Portrait of Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of James I and Queen of Bohemia (1596–1662)

a pair, both oil on canvas

each: 214.3 by 125.7 cm.; 84 3/8  by 49 1/2  in.

a pair, both oil on canvas

The following condition report is provided by Hamish Dewar who is an external specialist and not an employee of Sotheby's: Structural Condition The pair of large oils on canvas have been lined onto comparatively new keyed wooden stretchers and these are ensuring secure and stable structural supports. There are canvas seams running vertically down the left side of both canvases. Paint surface The paint surfaces of both paintings have even varnish layers and appear to have been recently and carefully restored and revarnished and the fine details of the paintings appear well preserved. Inspection under ultraviolet light shows scattered retouchings on both paintings, the most significant of which are: A) "Portrait of Frederick I, King of Bohemia" 1) Broad retouchings on his left hand and small retouchings on his right hand, 2) a few small retouchings on his costume, 3) small retouchings on his face and white ruff and other small, scattered retouchings. B) "Portrait of Elizabeth Stuart, Daughter of James I and Queen of Bohemia" 1) Small scattered retouchings on her flesh tones and the fine details of her costume, 2) and more retouchings in the background and dark pigments of her costume than are apparent on the costume of Frederick. There may be other retouchings beneath old, opaque varnish layers that are not identifiable under ultraviolet light. Summary The pair of paintings would therefore appear to be in good and stable condition, having been carefully restored and conserved in the past and no further work is required.
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London, Ministry of Works at Lancaster House, on loan, from before 1963;
London, National Portrait Gallery, The Winter Queen: Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia and her Family, November 1963, no. 78 (as After Michael Jansz van Miereveldt) and no. 70 (as After Gerard Honthorst), both loaned from the Ministry of Works.

Historical and Descriptive Catalogue of Pictures Belonging to His Grace the Duke of Leeds, London 1902, p. 28, cat. nos. 72 and 70 (as Mytens), as hanging in The Great Hall, Hornby Castle;
R. Strong, The Winter Queen: Elizabeth, queen of Bohemia, and her Family, exhibition catalogue, London 1963, cat. no. 78 (as After Michael Jansz van Miereveldt) and cat. no. 70 (as After Gerard Honthorst);
W-J Hoogsteder, De Schilderijen van Frederik en Elizabeth, Koning en Koningen van Bohemen, MA thesis, London and Utrecht 1984-86, vol. I, p. 145 and reproduced vol. III, fig 140 and 141. 

The Dukes of Leeds, Hornby Castle, and by descent;
By whom sold ('The Property of the 10th Duke of Leeds Will Trust), London, Christie's, 1 December 2000, lot 4 (as Studio of Gerrit van Honthorst);
Where purchased by Richard Green, London;
From whom acquired by the present owners.