Old Master Paintings
Old Master Paintings
Property of the Marquess of Downshire
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
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April 6, 01:48 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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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.
In the family collection of the Marquess of Downshire for three generations.
The present portrait depicts Letitia Russell, daughter of the Hon. Edward Russell, second son of the 4th Earl of Bedford. Her first husband was Colonel Thomas Cheke (1628–1688) with whom she had two children. Following his death, she married in 1690 her cousin the Hon. Robert Russell, who was styled Lord Russell from 1694.
We are grateful to Diana Dethloff and David Taylor for endorsing the identification of the sitter as Lady Letitia Russell (c. 1645–1721) on the basis of digital images.
We are grateful to Diana Dethloff and David Taylor for endorsing the identification of the sitter as Lady Letitia Russell (c. 1645–1721) on the basis of digital images.