Details
Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680)
A Man playing a Violin
57¼ x 37in. (145.4 x 94cm.)
A Man playing a Violin
57¼ x 37in. (145.4 x 94cm.)
Provenance
William 3rd Baron Craven (1700-1739) as recorded in the inventory of 17 September 1739 drawn up at the time of his death, thence to his brother
Fulwar, 4th Baron Craven (d. 1764) thence to his cousin
William, 5th Baron Craven (1705-1769), (noticed in his collection by Horace Walpole 1768), thence to his nephew
William 6th Baron Craven (1738-1791), thence by descent
William George Robert, 4th Earl Craven (1868-1921), thence to his wife; Cornelia, Countess Craven (d. 1961)(+)
Sotheby's 27 November 1968, lot 84 (18,000 to Leggatt)
Fulwar, 4th Baron Craven (d. 1764) thence to his cousin
William, 5th Baron Craven (1705-1769), (noticed in his collection by Horace Walpole 1768), thence to his nephew
William 6th Baron Craven (1738-1791), thence by descent
William George Robert, 4th Earl Craven (1868-1921), thence to his wife; Cornelia, Countess Craven (d. 1961)(+)
Sotheby's 27 November 1968, lot 84 (18,000 to Leggatt)
Literature
Coombe Abbey Inventory 17 September 1739 (Craven Mss)
Pennant, The Journey from Chester to London, 1811, p. 247, (as by Hals)
Catalogue of the Pictures at Coombe Abbey Warwickshire, 1866, no. 22
C.H. Collins Baker, Lely and the Stuart Portrait Painters, I, 1912, p. 196, (as by Soest)
Horace Walpole (1768) in Walpole Society, XVI, 1928, p. 63, (as by Hals)
Tate Gallery, Report, 1966-1967, p. 17
O. Millar, Sir Peter Lely, 1978, (exh. cat.), p. 41, no. 12, illus.
Pennant, The Journey from Chester to London, 1811, p. 247, (as by Hals)
Catalogue of the Pictures at Coombe Abbey Warwickshire, 1866, no. 22
C.H. Collins Baker, Lely and the Stuart Portrait Painters, I, 1912, p. 196, (as by Soest)
Horace Walpole (1768) in Walpole Society, XVI, 1928, p. 63, (as by Hals)
Tate Gallery, Report, 1966-1967, p. 17
O. Millar, Sir Peter Lely, 1978, (exh. cat.), p. 41, no. 12, illus.
Exhibited
London, Leggatt Brothers, An Exhibition of Paintings from the Collection of Dr. D.M. McDonald, 1970, no. 20
London, National Portrait Gallery, Sir Peter Lely, November 1978 - March 1979, no. 12
London, National Portrait Gallery, Sir Peter Lely, November 1978 - March 1979, no. 12