Noble & Private Collections including Property from the Earl of Home

Noble & Private Collections including Property from the Earl of Home

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 37. Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Lady Catherine Villiers, Duchess of Queensberry (1700–1777).

Property of the Earl of Clarendon (Lots 37-40, 44-46)

Circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller

Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Lady Catherine Villiers, Duchess of Queensberry (1700–1777)

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Auction Closed

May 22, 05:01 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller

Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Lady Catherine Villiers, Duchess of Queensberry (1700–1777)


oil on canvas

unframed: 57.5 x 41.8 cm.; 22⅝ x 16½ in.

framed: 76.7 x 60.6 cm.; 30¼ x 23⅞ in.

Probably in the collection of Henry Hyde, Viscount Cornbury (1710-1753), son of the 4th Earl of Clarendon;

By descent in the collection of the Earls of Clarendon.

Robin Gibson, Catalogue of Portraits in the Collection of the Earl of Clarendon, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, January 1977, p. 106, nr 117 (CG105).

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