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ENGLISH SCHOOL (CIRCA 1680) PORTRAIT OF FRANCIS VANACKER, HALF-LENGTH, IN AN EMBROIDERED CLOAK; AND PORTRAIT OF HIS WIFE, CORNELIA BOEVEY, IN A MAUVE DRESS Oil on canvas, a pair 73 x 61cm (28½ x 24 in.) oval (2) Provenance: Possibly at the sitter's home, Erith Manor, Kent Probably inherited by Catherina Boevey in 1702 and thence by descent Sold Flaxley Abbey, Gloucestershire, Bruton, Knowles & Co., 29 March-5th April 1960, lot 1323 Bought by Mr and Mrs Frederick Baden-Watkins and thence by descent at Flaxley Abbey Literature: A Brief Account of the Antiquities, Family Pictures and Other Notable Articles at Flaxley Abbey, co. Gloucester, Bristol, 1912, pp. 11, no. 7 Francis Vanacker (d.1686, aged 38) was High Sheriff of Kent and a descendant of a London merchant family. He married Cornelia Boevey (d.1702) in 1671, who was the only daughter of the merchant, lawyer and philosopher James Boevey (1622-1696) by his second wife Isabella de Visscher. Upon Francis' death in 1686 Cornelia remarried to William Bateman of Clifton. She died at Erith Manor in 1702 without issue making it likely that this pair of portraits was inherited by her sister-in-law Catherina, owing to the early death of her brother William in 1692. Condition Report: Both with surface dirt and discolouration of the varnish, both canvases have been relined and show abrasions around the edges from contact with the frame. The male portrait with some bulging of the paint below his hair on the right, as well as a repaired tear in the same area. UV also reveals retouched craquelure in the sitter's face. The female portrait with several small repairs, visible under UV light, mainly to the left of the figure in the background, as well as some retouched craquelure in her face and neck. Condition Report Disclaimer