Attributed to Godfrey KNELLER (1646-1723) - Lot 98

Attributed to Godfrey KNELLER (1646-1723) Portrait of Simon Harcourt (1661-1727), First Viscount Harcourt, in Lord Chancellor's robes. Oil on canvas. 138 x 144 cm. Partial bust and reverse engraving by John Simon, 1713 or later. Related works Probably another version or copy : G. Kneller, Portrait of Simon Harcourt (1661-1727), First Viscount Harcourt, oil on canvas, 127 x 101 cm. approx. (circa 50 x 40 in.), Collection Hon. Sharman Stonor, Stonor Park. See Sir Godfrey Kneller and the English baroque portrait, cat. exp. Oxford, 1983, p.109, no. 339, quoted (not reproduced). High copies G. Kneller, Portrait of Simon Harcourt (1661-1727), First Viscount Harcourt, after 1713, oil on canvas, 127 x 101 cm. (Oxford, Pembroke College). Copy, Abingdon Guidhall.