細節
CORNELIS JOHNSON (LONDON 1593-1661 UTRECHT)
Portrait of a lady of the Betenson family, half-length, in a black dress, black cap and veil and flat white collar
oil on canvas
30 ½ x 24 ¾ in. (77.5 x 62.8 cm.)
inscribed 'Ætatis Sua. 70' (upper left)
in an 18th century running pattern frame
Please note that 100% of the hammer proceeds from this auction will be paid to the Sandys Trust, registered charity number: 1168357, with the exception of limited deductions towards sale costs across the auction which cannot be accurately calculated at this time, capped at a total of £10,000.
來源
(Presumably) by descent in the Betenson family to,
Albinia, Duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven, née Farrington (c.1689-1745), and by descent to her son,
Lord Robert Bertie (1721-1782), and by inheritance to his wife,
Lady Robert Bertie (1719-1798), and by inheritance to her great-niece,
Mary, Marchioness of Downshire and 1st Baroness Sandys (1764-1836), and by descent to her second son,
Lieutenant-General Arthur Hill, 2nd Baron Sandys (1792-1860), and by inheritance to his younger brother,
Arthur Marcus Sandys, 3rd Baron Sandys (1798-1863), and by descent at Ombersley Court, Worcestershire.
出版
An Inventory and Valuation of the pictures at the house in Hanover Square, taken 5th November 1801 by Mr Wm Comyns, Ombersley MS., no. 31.
J. Grego, Inventory of Pictures: Portraits, Paintings, etc., Ombersley MS., 1905, where listed in the Great Hall.
ONM / 1 / 2 / 7, journal entry for a visit to Ombersley Court, 25 August 1950, Oliver Millar Archive, Paul Mellon Centre, London, p. 17.
A. Oswald, 'Ombersley Court, Worcestershire - I', Country Life, 2 January 1953, p. 34, where visible in pl. 2.
Ombersley Court Inventory, annotated Ombersley MS., June 1963, where listed in the Corridor outside the Chinese Bedroom.
Ombersley Court Catalogue of Pictures, undated, Ombersley MS., p. 46, where listed in the Upper Gallery.