Old Master Paintings and Portrait Miniatures
Old Master Paintings and Portrait Miniatures
The Property of a Private Collector
Studio of Sir Peter Lely
Portrait of Princess Isabella Stuart (1676–1681), full-length, seated beside a lamb, in a wooded landscape
Lot Closed
April 28, 01:35 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a Private Collector
Studio of Sir Peter Lely
Soest 1618 - 1680 London
Portrait of Princess Isabella Stuart (1676–1681), full-length, seated beside a lamb, in a wooded landscape
oil on canvas
unframed: 83.6 x 75.2 cm.; 33 x 29⅝ in.
framed: 104.2 x 97 cm.; 41 x 38¼ in.
Her sale, London, Christie's, 23 June 1950, lot 15, for £16.16.0. to Rubin;
In the collection of the present owner for nearly a decade.
A studio version of the painting by Lely in the Royal Collection.1 Princess Isabella was born on 28 August 1676, the daughter of King James II and his wife Mary of Modena, and died young in 1681. Here she is shown around the age of one.
1 https://www.rct.uk/collection/401249/princess-isabella-1676-81