A Unique Late 17thC Naïve Reverse Glass Picture of King William III c.1695-1700

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A Unique Late 17thC Naïve Reverse Glass Picture of King William III c.1695-1700Origin: EnglishPeriod: William III Provenance: UnknownDate: c. 1695 1700Width: 10Height: 13. 25 (in frame)The very rare reverse glass and foil painting showing King William III depicted standing full length in coronation robes in an interior with his crown and orb laid on a richly ornate fabric laid table before a window and fluted pillar, the work executed freely in the nave manner and being wonderfully stylised and the whole in a carved pine frame

Width: 25 inches

and of exceptional colour and texture

He described himself as ‘Formatore [i

Circumference of Head: 17 inches (at maximum)

maybe up to twenty miles an hour

25” (approximate & each in frames)

Half models or full door porter lions like this one were rather popular for large country houses

though of course it would be far safer to do so

Early Victorian furniture still had elements of Regency and William IV with curved backs and some scrolled or reeded decoration as we see here in the galleried back

Mijtens made visits to the Netherlands in 1626 and 1630

tinged with sadness

Her whole body is rendered with contraposto torsion that serves to draw the spectator more closely into the protagonists drama

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