Portrait of a lady, possibly Lucy Percy, Countess of Carlisle (1599-1660), bust-length, in a white dress with pearl jewellery

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CIRCLE OF THEODORE RUSSEL (LONDON 1614-1689)
Portrait of a lady, possibly Lucy Percy, Countess of Carlisle (1599-1660), bust-length, in a white dress with pearl jewellery
oil on panel
15 ½ x 12 3⁄8 in. (39.4 x 31.4 cm.)
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

By descent to Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys (1931-2013), Ombersley Court, Worcestershire.

Literature

J. Grego, Inventory of Pictures: Portraits, Paintings, etc., Ombersley MS., 1905, where listed in the Grand Staircase.
ONM / 1 / 2 / 7, journal entry for a visit to Ombersley Court, 25 August 1950, Oliver Millar Archive, Paul Mellon Centre, London, p. 21, as 'Manner of Russel'.
Ombersley Court Inventory, June 1963, annotated Ombersley MS., as 'School of Cornelius Jansen', where listed in the Store Rooms.
Ombersley Court Catalogue of Pictures, undated, Ombersley MS., p. 6, as 'Cornelius Johnson', where listed in the Central Hall.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

The painting appears to relate to a portrait by Russel of Lucy Percy, sold Sotheby's, Colonnade, 27 September 1994, lot 8. The composition is probably derived from Sir Anthony van Dyck's double portrait of Lucy Percy and her sister, Dorothy, Countess of Leicester, in the Morrison Picture Collection at Sudeley Castle, Leicestershire.

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