Simon Verelst

Portrait of Nell Gwyn (1650–1687)

Auction Closed

June 29, 08:07 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, England

Simon Verelst

The Hague c.1644 - c.1710 London

Portrait of Nell Gwyn (1650–1687)

faintly signed lower left: ... F -

oil on canvas

framed: 137.5 x 113.3 cm.; 54⅛ x 44½ in.

unframed: 123.3 x 98.5 cm.; 48½ x 38¾ in.

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英格蘭私人收藏

西蒙・維瑞路斯特

約1644年生於海牙，約1710年卒於倫敦

《奈爾・圭恩肖像（1650 - 1687年）》

款識：藝術家簽名隱約可見 ... F -（左下）

油彩畫布

連框：137.5 x 113.3 公分；54⅛ x 44½ 英寸

不連框：123.3 x 98.5 公分；48½ x 38¾ 英寸

Please note this frame is displayed in a loan frame from Arnold Wiggins and Sons. Should you wish to purchase it please contact a member of the Old Master Paintings department.

Probably commissioned by George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1628–1687);

Probably the same painting recorded in the collection of the late Duke of Buckingham by Valentine Green in 1777;

Recorded in the collection of Stuart Mackenzie of Ilford, Essex, in 1974 (according to a photograph in the Heinz Library);

With Hildegard Fritz-Denneville Fine Arts Ltd, London;

From whom purchased by the present owners.

C. Macleod and J.M. Alexander (eds), Painted Ladies: Women at the Court of Charles II, exh. cat., London and New Haven 2001, p. 170.