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1 of 253523 objects
Style of Gerard Seghers (Antwerp 1591 - Antwerp 1651)
The Head of Christ c.1640-1700
Oil on canvas | 49.5 x 41.3 x 1.8 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 402600
Mary, Queen of Scots' Bedchamber, Palace of Holyroodhouse
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One of a pair of oval canvases, depicting Christ (this one) and the Virgin (CWLF 80, 402599) which can be loosely associated with Gerard Seghers, a pupil of Rubens.
The painting appears in Pyne's illustrated 'Royal Residences' of 1819, hanging in the Presence Chamber at Kensington Palace (RCIN 922150).Provenance
First recorded in the Royal Collection during the reign of Queen Anne
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Oil on canvas
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49.5 x 41.3 x 1.8 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
61.9 x 54.0 x 4.0 cm (frame, external)
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