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[Abraham Simon] Abrahamus Symonds.
P Lely Pinxit A Blooteling fecit.
J Smith excd [c.1680].
Mezzotint. 210 x 150mm (8¼ x 6"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper.
Abraham Simon (c.1617-c.1692), medallist. By 1645 Simon was making medals and wax models of leading parliamentarians and others, and spent time in Sweden and elsewhere in continental Europe in the 1650s. He returned to England after the Restoration and briefly found favour at court, modelling the portrait of Charles II for 100 broad-pieces, although his temperament saw him fall from favour. Due to his unusual appearance Simon was in demand as a model: Godfrey Kneller painted Simon three times (once as a hermit).
CS. R. iii of iv. Wesseley 44. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64781] £320.00
J Smith excd [c.1680].
Mezzotint. 210 x 150mm (8¼ x 6"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper.
Abraham Simon (c.1617-c.1692), medallist. By 1645 Simon was making medals and wax models of leading parliamentarians and others, and spent time in Sweden and elsewhere in continental Europe in the 1650s. He returned to England after the Restoration and briefly found favour at court, modelling the portrait of Charles II for 100 broad-pieces, although his temperament saw him fall from favour. Due to his unusual appearance Simon was in demand as a model: Godfrey Kneller painted Simon three times (once as a hermit).
CS. R. iii of iv. Wesseley 44. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64781] £320.00