Sir Peter Lely
Portrait of Letitia, later Lady Russell (c. 1645–1721), three-quarter-length, seated in a landscape, wearing a brown dress and a blue cloak, holding a garland of leaves
Property of the Marquess of Downshire
Portrait of Letitia, later Lady Russell (c. 1645–1721), three-quarter-length, seated in a landscape, wearing a brown dress and a blue cloak, holding a garland of leaves
Portrait of Letitia, later Lady Russell (c. 1645–1721), three-quarter-length, seated in a landscape, wearing a brown dress and a blue cloak, holding a garland of leaves
Property of the Marquess of Downshire
Sir Peter Lely
Soest 1618 - 1680 London
Portrait of Letitia, later Lady Russell (c. 1645–1721), three-quarter-length, seated in a landscape, wearing a brown dress and a blue cloak, holding a garland of leaves
inscribed lower right: Letitia Lady Russel
oil on canvas
unframed: 125.5 x 102 cm.; 49½ x 40¼ in.
framed: 147.5 x 123.5 cm.; 58 x 48⅞ in.
The canvas is lined, and the paint surface is relatively dirty with a yellowed, matt and uneven varnish. There are a handful of small scratches in the paint surface, along the centre of the right margin and in the lower left corner. Old, discoloured retouchings are visible through the background and more sparsely scattered in her drapery. Inspection under ultraviolet light confirms the aforementioned retouchings and further reveals more concentrated areas along the upper centre; in the tree trunk; and a few concentrated bands in the orange part of her drapery. Her flesh tones appear largely untouched save for a few fine retouchings along the network of craquelure in the right side of her hair, and very small retouchings in her proper right brow and eyelid. The painting would benefit from cleaning and is in overall good condition.
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