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Portrait of a gentleman traditionally identified as George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne (1666-1735), bust-length in a brown robe and lace cravat
Details
Circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646-1723 London)
Portrait of a gentleman traditionally identified as George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne (1666-1735), bust-length in a brown robe and lace cravat
with indistinct inscription '... created Baron Lansdowne' (on an old hand written label on the stretcher)
oil on canvas, oval
29 x 25 in. (73.8 x 63.5 cm.)
in an early 18th Century carved and gilded English frame
Portrait of a gentleman traditionally identified as George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne (1666-1735), bust-length in a brown robe and lace cravat
with indistinct inscription '... created Baron Lansdowne' (on an old hand written label on the stretcher)
oil on canvas, oval
29 x 25 in. (73.8 x 63.5 cm.)
in an early 18th Century carved and gilded English frame
Provenance
Lord John Thynne, of Haynes, Bedford; Christie's London, 1 May 1911, lot 13, (16 gns. to Cohen).
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