Portrait of Lord D'Arcy and Conyers, later Lord Holdernesse, half-length, in a gold slashed doublet and lace collar

Details

English School, c.1630
Portrait of Lord D'Arcy and Conyers, later Lord Holdernesse, half-length, in a gold slashed doublet and lace collar
with identifying inscription 'Sir Conyers D'Arcy' (on an old label, attached to the frame)
oil on panel
30½ x 24¾ in. (77.5 x 62.8 cm.)
in a black painted Lely-panel frame

Provenance

Presumably by descent to Robert D'Arcy, Earl of Holdernesse (1718-1778), father-in-law of Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds, and by descent at Hornby Castle and elsewhere.

Literature

Historical and Descriptive Catalogue of Pictures belonging to His Grace the Duke of Leeds, 1902, no. 128, as 'Sir Conyers D'Arcy, Lord D'Arcy and Conyers', Hornby Castle, North Staircase.

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Lot Essay

The sitter is identified in the Leeds Catalogue of 1902 (op. cit.) as Sir Conyers D'Arcy, Lord D'Arcy and Conyers (1571-1654). Stylistically the portrait appears to date to c. 1630 which makes this identification unlikely on the basis of the sitter's age. The sitter would appear more likely to be Conyers D'Arcy, eldest son of Lord Conyers and his wife Dorothy, daughter of Sir Henry Belayse, Bt., of Newborough, who was created 1st Earl of Holdernesse in 1682.

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