Follower of Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt. 1646 - 1723

Estimate

1,500 - 2,000 GBP

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Description

Sir Godfrey Kneller
Portrait of a lady
erroneously inscribed on the reverse with the identity of the sitter
oil on canvas

three-quarter length, standing in a landscape, wearing a blue dress and a red cloak, holding a King Charles spaniel in her arms

Provenance

Anon. sale, Christie's, 19th April 1963, lot 55, bt. Wyatt (as Jane Louise, 4th Countess of Huntingdon)

Catalogue Note

When this picture was sold in 1963 the sitter was identified as Jane Louise, 4th Countess of Huntingdon. On the basis of chronology alone this identification must be incorrect. It is possible, however, that the sitter is a daughter of Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon by his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Lewis, Bt. of Ledstone.