Lot Essay
The sitter was born in 1656, the youngest sister and heir of Sir Philip Gell, 3rd Bt. of Hopton. She died unmarried in 1730.
Details
Circle of John Riley (1646-1691)
Portrait of Temperance Gell of Hopton, half length, in a brown decolleté dress, white chemise and blue wrap
in a freigned oval
oil on canvas
30 x 25in. (76.2 x 63.5)
Portrait of Temperance Gell of Hopton, half length, in a brown decolleté dress, white chemise and blue wrap
in a freigned oval
oil on canvas
30 x 25in. (76.2 x 63.5)