Lot Essay
The sitter was the daughter of Henry, 3rd Lord Arundell of Wardour and his wife Cicely (d. 1675/6), daughter of the Hon. Sir Henry Compton of Brambletye, Sussex (see lot 3).
Details
School of Rouen, circa 1670
Portrait of the Hon. Cicely Arundell (d. 1717), daughter of Henry, 3rd Lord Arundell, as a Poor Clare at Rouen, three-quarter-length, kneeling at prayer before an altar with an open book of prayer, a crucifix and a rosary
inscribed, 'Ovid Mihiest In Celo. Et Ate Ovid Volvi/Super Terran' and 'Re Sang/Gu Tae/La. Clarae' and 'Honble Cicely Arundell/Only Daur of Henry 3rd/Lord Arundell A Nun/At Rouen In Normandy/Died 1717 Aged 82'
59¾ x 42in. (151.7 x 106.7cm.)
Portrait of the Hon. Cicely Arundell (d. 1717), daughter of Henry, 3rd Lord Arundell, as a Poor Clare at Rouen, three-quarter-length, kneeling at prayer before an altar with an open book of prayer, a crucifix and a rosary
inscribed, 'Ovid Mihiest In Celo. Et Ate Ovid Volvi/Super Terran' and 'Re Sang/Gu Tae/La. Clarae' and 'Honble Cicely Arundell/Only Daur of Henry 3rd/Lord Arundell A Nun/At Rouen In Normandy/Died 1717 Aged 82'
59¾ x 42in. (151.7 x 106.7cm.)