Fine Old Masters & 19th Century Paintings - 9th December 2015

Lot 302

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

Estimate £1,500 - £2,500

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Description

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