Michael Dahl (Swedish c.1659–1743)

Michael Dahl (Swedish c.1659–1743)
Portrait of Edward Henry Rich, 9th Baron Rich, 7th Earl of Warwick and 4th Earl of Holland (1698-1721), full-length, wearing a blue coat and red cloak, standing with a greyhound in a landscape
Bears an inscription EDWARD HENRY RICH./7TH EARL of WARWICK & 4TH EARL of HOLLAND/D.S.P.1721. DAHL (lower left)
Oil on canvas
191.1 x 127.4cm; 75¼ x 50¼in

Provenance:
The Collection of Joseph Addison (1672-1719) and Charlotte Rich, Dowager Countess of Warwick (1680-1731), Bilton Hall, Warwickshire;
Christie, Manson & Woods, London, The Collection of Family Portraits from Bilton Hall, Rugby, 25 June 1898, lot 9;
The Charrington Family Collection, Winchfield House, Hampshire

Literature:
Wilhelm Nisser, Michael Dahl and the Contemporary Swedish School of Painting (Almqvist & Wiksell, Upsala, 1927), p.63, no.72