John Michael Wright
Sir Robert Rookwood

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Sir Robert Rookwood
Date1660
PlaceEngland
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensionscanvas: 50 5/8 × 41 3/4 in. (128.6 × 106 cm)
frame: 61 × 52 1/4 in. (154.9 × 132.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III
Object number94.886
Current Location
Rienzi
Ballroom
On view

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Department
Rienzi
Object Type
ProvenanceIngrid Ball; Trustees of Sir John Wood Hengrave Hall, 1952; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III; given to MFAH, 1994.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Bears the inscription, lower left: ""Io Mich Ritus. P/1660" and "Sr Robt Rookwood/of Coldham Hall Suffolk./Ritus pinxt/1660."
Paper label, marked in ink on verso: "Miss King (late of...?)/informs me that the picture was/bought...?/Sabin 1871"

Inaccuracies in this information - Sabin Galleries Ltd (dealer/auction house; British; 1969 - 1978; fl.)

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