Old Master Paintings and Portrait Miniatures
Old Master Paintings and Portrait Miniatures
Circle of Sir Peter Lely
Portrait of Charles, 3rd Marquess of Tweeddale (1667–1715), and his brother, Lord John Hay (c. 1668–1706), both full-length, the former wearing a pink dress with a blue sash, holding a basket of cherries
Lot Closed
April 28, 01:35 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Circle of Sir Peter Lely
Portrait of Charles, 3rd Marquess of Tweeddale (1667–1715), and his brother, Lord John Hay (c. 1668–1706), both full-length, the former wearing a pink dress with a blue sash, holding a basket of cherries
oil on canvas
unframed: 125.4 x 101.8 cm.; 49⅜ x 40⅛ in.
framed: 138 x 113 cm.; 54⅜ x 44½ in.
By descent in the Tweeddale family at Yester;
From whom bought by a member of the Hay family, circa 1965;
By whom sold ('The Property of a Gentleman'), London, Sotheby's, 13 July 1994, lot 25 (as Sir Peter Lely);
Anonymous sale, London, Christie’s, 3 December 2008, lot 169 (as circle of Peter Lely);
Where acquired by the present owner.
From whom bought by a member of the Hay family, circa 1965;
By whom sold ('The Property of a Gentleman'), London, Sotheby's, 13 July 1994, lot 25 (as Sir Peter Lely);
Anonymous sale, London, Christie’s, 3 December 2008, lot 169 (as circle of Peter Lely);
Where acquired by the present owner.
The sitters were the two eldest sons of John, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale (1645–1713). Charles married Susan, widow of the 2nd Earl of Dundonald, and daughter of Anne, Duchess of Hamilton by the 1st Earl of Selkirk; and was succeeded as 4th Marquess by his eldest son John. Lord John, the younger brother in this picture, served as a Brigadier-General in the War of Spanish Succession, and married first Lady Elizabeth Dalzell, only child of the 4th Earl of Carnwath, and second Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Orby, Bt.