Studio: international art (83.1922)

THE CASSIOBURY COLLECTION

PORTRAIT OF KING HENRY THE
FOURTH. BY AN UNKNOWN PAINTER

with the Capells is now nearly at an end, for
it is to be sold next month, with all its
contents, by Messrs. Knight, Frank &
Rutley of Hanover Square, in conjunction
with Messrs. Humbert & Flint of Watford.
The house contains pictures, furniture and
tapestries that have been accumulating for
centuries, and their dispersal, which will
begin on June 12th, will occupy eight days.

The pictures are chiefly family portraits
ranging from the seventeenth to the
nineteenth centuries, but there are several
of an earlier date. One is the contemporary
half-length of Henry the Fourth, shown
some years ago at the Burlington Fine Arts
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Club, a painting whose history is inscribed
on the base of the panel. This, and a pair
of bust portraits of Henry the Seventh and
his Queen are the work of unknown
painters ; but another interesting portrait
of ancient date, of Lady Mary Sackville, is
ascribed to Holbein. Reproductions of the
portrait of Henry the Fourth, already
mentioned; a portrait group painted by
Cornelius Johnson representing Lord
Capell with his wife and five children in
a garden; and a study of Sir Joshua
Reynolds by himself will be found among
the illustrations that accompany this article.
There are other Sir Joshuas, including the