Lot Essay
The sitter was the brother of Sir Thomas Lee, 1st Bt. (1635-90), of Hartwell House, near Aylesbury. This portrait is thought likely to date from the mid-to-late 1650s.
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Portrait of Samuel Lee (b. 1639), half-length, in a brown cloak
Details
Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)
Portrait of Samuel Lee (b. 1639), half-length, in a brown cloak
oil on canvas
29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 61 cm.)
Portrait of Samuel Lee (b. 1639), half-length, in a brown cloak
oil on canvas
29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 61 cm.)
Provenance
By inheritance in the family of the sitter.
Literature
Capt. W.H. Smith, Aedes Hartwellianae, or Notices of the Manor and mansion of Hartwell, London, 1851, p. 113.
Brought to you by
Miriam Winson-Alio
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