John Closterman
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a blue and grey dress, with a blue and gold ribbon in her hair, seated in a landscape
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December 7, 10:47 AM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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John Closterman
Osnabrück 1660–1711 London
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a blue and grey dress, with a blue and gold ribbon in her hair, seated in a landscape
oil on canvas
unframed: 126 x 103 cm.; 49⅝ x 40½ in.
framed: 141.2 x 117.5 cm.; 55⅝ x 46¼ in.
Earls of Caledon, Tyttenhanger House, Hertfordshire;
Sale, Tyttenhanger, 28 June 1972, lot 508 (as school of Lely; this and the above according to documentation provided by the present owner);
Where acquired by the father of the present owner.
M. Rogers, 'John and John Baptist Closterman – a catalogue of their works', in The Walpole Society, vol. XLIX, Bath 1983, p. 270, no. 132, reproduced fig. 63.