Old Masters, British & European Paintings - Day 2 - 2nd March 2022
Lot 359
Circle of Robert Walker
Estimate £5,000 - £8,000 | Hammer £4500
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Description
Circle of Robert Walker
Portrait of Colonel William Helyar of Coker Court (1621-1697), three-quarter length, wearing armour; Portrait of Rachel Helyar, three quarter length, standing in a landscape with flowers and a fountain
A pair, both oil on canvas
110.3 x 91cm; 43½ x 35¾in; 110.5 x 90.5cm; 43½ x 35½in (2)
Provenance:
By descent from the sitters
William Helyar was a Colonel in the Royalist army during the English civil war. His wife Rachel was the daughter of Sir Hugh Wyndham, 1st Bt. of Pilsdon Court.