Charles II's Forest Still Life Identified
January 17 2024
Picture: rkdstudies.nl
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
A reader has very kindly pointed out an interesting article from the RKD's January newsletter. The piece by Rieke van Leeuwen and Anna Preußinger examines a recently identified Forest Still Life with an Otter and two Fish by Matthias Withoos (c. 1627-1703), which research shows was once part of the collection of King Charles II. The painting (pictured above) corresponds directly to a description in Charles II's inventory at Whitehall, and appears to have left the Royal Collection at some point during the eighteenth or nineteenth century. It was last sold at Sotheby's in 1984, so eyes peeled!
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