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Portrait of a lady, formerly called Nell Gwyn, three-quarter-length seated, in a white dress and blue mantle, a lamb beside her, before a column, in a wooded landscape
Details
Studio of Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680)
Portrait of a lady, formerly called Nell Gwyn, three-quarter-length seated, in a white dress and blue mantle, a lamb beside her, before a column, in a wooded landscape
oil on canvas
48 x 38 in. (121.9 x 96.5 cm.)
Portrait of a lady, formerly called Nell Gwyn, three-quarter-length seated, in a white dress and blue mantle, a lamb beside her, before a column, in a wooded landscape
oil on canvas
48 x 38 in. (121.9 x 96.5 cm.)
Provenance
Sir Julius Wernher, 1st Bt. (1850-1912), Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, in the First Floor Corridor, by whom bequeathed, through his widow
Alice, Lady Wernher, subsequently Lady Ludlow (1862-1945), to their son
Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Bt., G.C.V.O. (1893-1973), Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, in the Private Dining Room, and by descent.
Alice, Lady Wernher, subsequently Lady Ludlow (1862-1945), to their son
Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Bt., G.C.V.O. (1893-1973), Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, in the Private Dining Room, and by descent.
Literature
1913 Luton Hoo Inventory, p. 30, no. 128, on the First Floor Corridor, as Sir Godfrey Kneller of Nell Gwynne [sic].
Special notice
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