Old Master & British Works on Paper including works from the Collections of Carlos Alberto Cruz and the late Timothy Clowes
Old Master & British Works on Paper including works from the Collections of Carlos Alberto Cruz and the late Timothy Clowes
Property from the collection of the late Timothy Clowes
Attributed to Isaac Oliver
Portrait of Lucy Harington, Countess of Bedford (1581-1621)
Lot Closed
September 23, 04:04 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the collection of the late Timothy Clowes
Attributed to Isaac Oliver
Rouen circa 1556 - 1617 London
Portrait of Lucy Harington, Countess of Bedford (1581-1621)
Watercolour and bodycolour heightened with gold on vellum, turned wood frame
53 by 44 mm
his sale, London, Christie’s, 15 October 1996, lot 3
The sitter was the daughter of John, Lord Harington of Exton. In 1594 she married Edward Russell, 3rd Earl of Bedford. A lady-in-waiting to Anne of Denmark, she was a patron of artists and writers and a central figure in the cultural life of the Jacobean court.
A number of versions of this miniatures survive: one in the Royal Collection (RCIN 420892), one at the Cleveland Museum of Art, U.S.A. (1941.559) and one in the collections at Castle Howard, Yorkshire.