Lot Essay
This portrait can be dated stylistically to the 1640s, early in the artist's career.
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Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in black, with a marble bust
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Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)
Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in black, with a marble bust
inscribed 'Infantia teneris Adolescentia fragelis' (centre right) and indistinctly inscribed 'iNFANT[...]A RiS ...... ...RA...' (lower right)
oil on canvas
46 3/8 x 37 1/8 in. (142.9 x 94.5 cm)
Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in black, with a marble bust
inscribed 'Infantia teneris Adolescentia fragelis' (centre right) and indistinctly inscribed 'iNFANT[...]A RiS ...... ...RA...' (lower right)
oil on canvas
46 3/8 x 37 1/8 in. (142.9 x 94.5 cm)
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