Portrait of Lady Sybil Wyrley (1624-1687), née Masters, three-quarter-length, seated, in a green gown, a wooded landscape beyond

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SIR PETER LELY (SOEST 1618-1680 LONDON)
Portrait of Lady Sybil Wyrley (1624-1687), née Masters, three-quarter-length, seated, in a green gown, a wooded landscape beyond
oil on canvas
49 ½ x 40 in. (125.7 x 101.1 cm.)

Provenance

The family of the sitter, and by descent to,
G. Wyrley-Birch, Wretham Norvalspont, Cape Province, South Africa.
Private collection, and by descent until,
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 8 June 2006, lot 1, as 'Sir Peter Lely' (sold after the sale).

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Lot Essay

Sybil Masters married Humphrey Wyrley, Prothonotory of the Court of Common Pleas and a Justice of the Peace for Staffordshire. She is shown here in a green silk gown and pearl necklace, her pose likely inspired by the portraits of Sir Anthony van Dyck, suggesting a date of circa 1650.

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