Details
CIRCLE OF SIR PETER LELY (SOEST, WESTPHALIA 1618-1680 LONDON)
Portrait of Mary Bagot, Countess of Falmouth and Dorset (1645-1679), three-quarter-length, in a white chemise and blue cloak
oil on canvas, unlined
50 ¼ x 40 1⁄8 in. (127.6 x 102.2 cm.)
with identifying inscription 'Lady Denham.' (lower left)
in a frame of foliate carved and pierced giltwood, applied to an ebonised subframe
Please note that 100% of the hammer proceeds from this auction will be paid to the Sandys Trust, registered charity number: 1168357, with the exception of limited deductions towards sale costs across the auction which cannot be accurately calculated at this time, capped at a total of £10,000.
Provenance
Edwin, 2nd Baron Sandys (1726-1797), Ombersley Court, Worcestershire, by 1781-2, and by descent in the family to,
Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys (1931-2013), Ombersley Court, Worcestershire.
Literature
T.R. Nash, Collections for the History of Worcestershire, London, 1781-2, II, p. 223, where listed in the 'Dining Parlor', as 'Lady Denham'.
J. Grego, Inventory of Pictures: Portraits, Paintings, etc., Ombersley MS., 1905, where listed in the State Parlor.
ONM / 1 / 2 / 7, journal entry for a visit to Omerbsley Court, 25 August 1950, Oliver Millar Archive, Paul Mellon Centre, London, p. 25, as 'Lady Denham'.
O. Millar, Tudor, Stuart and Early Georgian Pictures in the Royal Collection, London, 1963, I, p. 126, under no. 264, as a copy of Lady Denham.
Ombersley Court Inventory, June 1963, annotated Ombersley MS., as 'Sir Peter Lely', where listed in the small Dining Room.
Ombersley Court Catalogue of Pictures, undated, Ombersley MS., p. 26, as 'Sir Peter Lely', where listed in the Dining Room.
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