Master Paintings and Drawings
Master Paintings and Drawings
Property from a Private Collection, Sold Without Reserve
Attributed to Jean-Baptiste van Loo
Portrait of James FitzGerald, Earl of Offaly, Marquess of Kildare, and 1st Duke of Leinster (1722 - 1773), in a blue robe with fur trim, half-length
Lot Closed
March 23, 03:04 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection, Sold Without Reserve
Attributed to Jean-Baptiste van Loo
Aix-en-Provence 1684 - 1745
Portrait of James FitzGerald, Earl of Offaly, Marquess of Kildare, and 1st Duke of Leinster (1722 - 1773), in a blue robe with fur trim, half-length
oil on canvas
canvas: 29 ½ by 24 ⅝ in.; 75 by 62.5 cm.
framed: 39 by 24 in.; 99 by 61 cm.
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 13 October 1989, lot 185;
There acquired.
There acquired.
FitzGerald was a member of the Irish House of Commons and a Lieutenant-General in the Royal Irish Artillery, and with his many titles he became in 1766 the Premier Duke, Marquess, and Earl in the Peerage of Ireland. In 1747 he married Lady Emily Lennox, of the famous Lennox sisters, and together they had 19 children.