Head of a Man Frame:natural was probably added by Horace

was probably added by Horace Walpole when the picture hung in his gothic-revival villa Strawberry Hill

Sir Kenelm later wrote that this 'is the Master peece of all the excellent ones that ever Sir Anthony Vandike made

The subject

He was a founder member of the French Académie in 1648 and worked at the court of Queen Christina in Sweden (1652-4) and in Montpellier (1656-7)

His earliest works are wholly dependent on Ostade

Head of a Man Frame:natural was probably added by HoraceProbably painted c. 1740 50. Britton 1813 has 'Head of Mr King [and] Mrs Ds father', i. e. two in one frame. It is perhaps conceivable that this painting was one of these, although that does not explain why it was first recorded in the College in 1890 (i. e. not a Bourgeois picture).