Old Masters, British & European Paintings - 6th March 2019
Lot 245
After Cornelius Johnson Portrait of Mary
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2400
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Description
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"