Perhaps Master Ralph Montagu (1679-89)
John Riley (1646-91) and John Closterman (1660-1711), c. 1685
oil on canvas, 124.5 x 100.3cm
Perhaps Master Ralph Montagu (1679-89)
John Riley (1646-91) and John Closterman (1660-1711), c. 1685
oil on canvas, 124.5 x 100.3cm
Ralph was the eldest son of Ralph Montagu, later 1st Duke ofMontagu. Painted in the mid - 1680s, this portrait almost certainlyillustrates the collaboration between the Enlishman Riley and hisGerman partner and drapery-painter Closterman.
PROVENANCE presumably painted for Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke ofMontagu.
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