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signed and dated "J N Sartorius pinxit 1786" oil on canvas, lined (Dimensions: 61 x 75 cm)(61 x 75 cm)Footnote: Provenance: Francis Basset, 1st Baron de Dunstanville; thence by descent; Moulton Grange, Pitsford, Northamptonshire Notes: Francis Basset, 1st Baron de Dunstanville and Basset FRS (1757-1835) of Tehidy in the parish of Illogan in Cornwall, was an English nobleman and politician. Basset was baptized at Charlbury, Oxfordshire on 7 September 1757 and was educated at Harrow School (1770–71), Eton College (1771–74) and King's College, Cambridge (1775). In 1777 he left university early to perform a Grand Tour in Italy, with Rev. William Sandys acting as his Cicerone. In Rome he had his portrait painted by Pompeo Batoni, who did not finish it until after Basset's departure. It was despatched to England on board the Westmorland , which was seized by the French and sold to the Spanish. Two portraits of him by Batoni are today in the collections of the Prado and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid.Condition report: Lined. Old labels to the reverse. Dirty, yellowed varnish. Paint layer stable. Prominent craquelure in the sky area. Few discoloured retouchings top right corner. Areas of thick layers of old varnish and overpaint, especially in the sky, which appear thick and pasty. Thinner overpaint in other areas appears to have darkened. Cleaning would be recommended.   

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