Live Auction 7278British Pictures 1500-1850
Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680)
Lot 13

Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680)

Portrait of a child, identified as Lord Kensington, with a garland of flowers in his hair, reclining on a day bed

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GBP 7,200

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Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680)
Portrait of a child, identified as Lord Kensington, with a garland of flowers in his hair, reclining on a day bed
signed with monogram and dated 'PL 1656' (centre) and with identifying inscription (upper left)
oil on canvas
40½ x 46¼ in. (102.8 x 117.5 cm.)

Specialist note

The identification of the sitter as Lord Kensington appears erroneous. Lely painted a three-quarter-length portrait of Henry Rich, to be 2nd Lord Kensington (1642-1659) as a young man, circa 1658 (Berkeley Castle). The present portrait of an infant, painted in 1656, is therefore unlikely to show the 2nd Lord Kensington (who would have been fourteen years old at the time) or his father, Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick, Baron Rich and Baron Kensington (c.1620-c.1680).