Attributed to Henri Gascars (Paris 1635-1701 Rome) Portrait of a boy of the Pym family, half-length, in a brown coat, lace cravat and red ribbons at his cuffs, shoulders and neck, within a painted oval dated 'Ian: 68' (upper left) oil on canvas 76 x 63cm (29 15/16 x 24 13/16in). Footnotes: This portrait and lot 183 represent two of the three sons of the fashionable London merchant and tailor William Pym I (1619-72) of St Martin's-in-the-Fields and his wife Margaret Harris. William Pym I specialised in making and selling suits with ribbons, as related in entries in Samuel Pepys's famous diaries for the years 1660 and 1661 (see the privately printed book by Francis Pym, Sentimental Journey: Tracing an Outline of Family History, 1998, p.xiv and pp.9-11, ISBN 0 9532027 0 4). Their three sons were William (c. 1645-1716), Charles (later a barrister) and James. Given the date of 1668 on the portraits, they most likely show the younger sons Charles and James Pym. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com