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Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Bridget Bertie, Duchess of Leeds (1629-1704), three-quarter-length, in a gold dress and a gold-embroidered blue mantle, seated by a pilaster
Details
Studio of Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)
Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Bridget Bertie, Duchess of Leeds (1629-1704), three-quarter-length, in a gold dress and a gold-embroidered blue mantle, seated by a pilaster
oil on canvas
49¾ x 40 1/8 in. (126.4 x 102 cm.)
in a bolection frame
Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Bridget Bertie, Duchess of Leeds (1629-1704), three-quarter-length, in a gold dress and a gold-embroidered blue mantle, seated by a pilaster
oil on canvas
49¾ x 40 1/8 in. (126.4 x 102 cm.)
in a bolection frame
Provenance
By descent through the Dukes of Leeds, Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, to the present owner.
Literature
Hornby Castle, Catalogue of Pictures, London, 1898, p. 5, no. 60.
Historical and descriptive catalogue of pictures belonging to His Grace The Duke of Leeds, London, 1902, p. 24, no. 60.
Historical and descriptive catalogue of pictures belonging to His Grace The Duke of Leeds, London, 1902, p. 24, no. 60.
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