German School c.1660 Portrait of Miles Corbet (1595-1662)

German School c.1660

Portrait of Miles Corbet (1595-1662), half length in a landscape

Inscribed lower right LFDB and dated indistinctly

Oil on canvas, oval

82 x 64cm; 32¼ x 25¼in

Miles Corbett was a barrister and MP for Yarmouth from 1640-1653. He was the last signatory on the death warrant of Charles I. After the restoration he fled to Germany and was eventually tried and executed on April 22nd 1662