Circle of David des Granges (1611-c.1672)

Circle of David des Granges
Portrait miniature of a lady, traditionally identified as Rachel Fane, Countess of Middlesex (1613-1680), wearing a yellow dress and pearl necklace
On vellum, oval, in a gilt metal frame
64 x 55mm

Provenance:
Henry Joseph Pfungst (c.1843-1917);
His sale, Christie's, 14 June 1917, lot 65;
Property from the collection of the late Timothy Clowes

Literature:
J. J. Foster, A List Alphabetically Arranged of Works of English Miniature Painters of the XVII Century (London, Dickinsons, 1914), p.92, no.18 (as des Granges);
Basil Somerset Long, Catalogue of a collection of miniatures lent in 1914-15 by Henry J. Pfungst, Esq., F.S.A (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1915), no. 39 (as artist unknown)

Exhibited:
Brussels, International Exhibition of Miniatures, 1912, no.113;
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Exhibition of a Collection of Miniatures Lent by Henry J. Pfungst Esq. F.S.A., 1914-1915, no.39