Lot Essay
After the picture formerly at Houghton Hall, later in the collection of Catherine II of Russia, and now in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon.
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Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Hélène Fourment (1614-1673), three-quarter-length, in a black dress and black feathered hat, holding a feather in her right hand
Details
After Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Hélène Fourment (1614-1673), three-quarter-length, in a black dress and black feathered hat, holding a feather in her right hand
oil on canvas
56 x 43 1/8 in. (142.1 x 109.5 cm.)
Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Hélène Fourment (1614-1673), three-quarter-length, in a black dress and black feathered hat, holding a feather in her right hand
oil on canvas
56 x 43 1/8 in. (142.1 x 109.5 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired by Robert More (d. 1818), Linley Hall, Shropshire, on 17 April 1780 for £5 15s, and by descent at Linley to the present owner.
Literature
F. Leach (ed.), The County Seats of Shropshire, Shrewsbury, 1891, p. 82.
Brought to you by
Katharine Cooke
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