Portrait of a Man in Armour

This work was purchased by Lever as a portrait of King William III by Godfried Schalken dating from 1688. Comparison of the sitter’s features with those in Royal portraits by Lely and Wissing casts doubt on this identification, and current opinion is that the work is English, of an unknown sitter, and painted in the period 1690 - 1700. The original oval painted edge has been extended all round by a later hand.