After Cornelius Johnson Portrait of Mary

After Cornelius Johnson

Portrait of Mary, Lady Harbord (c.1600-1664)

Head and shoulders, wearing a white dress, adorned with pearl clasps and brooch, a pearl necklace, earrings and pearls in her hair

Oil on canvas, oval, in a carved wood frame

75 x 62cm; 29½ x 24½in

Provenance:

Earls of Suffield, Gunton Park, Norfolk; by descent until

Irelands, on site at Gunton Park, 25 September 1980, lot 1664;

James Rees (1952 - 2014), Markham, VA, USA [Former President and Chief Executive Officer of George Washington's Mount Vernon].

Literature:

(probably) Duleep Singh, Portraits in Norfolk Houses, Vol. 1, Norwich 1927, no. 28, p.192.

Extract from Duleep Singh:

"Mary, daughter of John Van Alst of Flanders, of the noble family of Baron Van Alst; born 1602; married 1626 Sir Charles Harbord, Kt., of Stanninghall, Surveyor General to Kings Charles I and II. She died 5th September, 1664, aged 64. See slab at Besthorpe"