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SIR GODFREY KNELLER (LüBECK 1646-1723 LONDON)
Lot 120

SIR GODFREY KNELLER (LüBECK 1646-1723 LONDON)

PORTRAIT OF THOMAS PELHAM OF LEWES, BUST-LENGTH, IN A BROWN ROBE, IN A FEIGNED OVAL

Fermé5 December 2007

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GBP 5,000

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SIR GODFREY KNELLER (LüBECK 1646-1723 LONDON)
PORTRAIT OF THOMAS PELHAM OF LEWES, BUST-LENGTH, IN A BROWN ROBE, IN A FEIGNED OVAL
SIGNED WITH MONOGRAM 'GK' (LOWER LEFT)
OIL ON CANVAS
30 X 25 IN. (76.3 X 63.5 CM.)

Note du spécialiste

THE PRESENT PORTRAIT IS TRADITIONALLY IDENTIFIED AS THOMAS PELHAM OF LEWES, AND IT IS LIKELTY THAT THIS IS THE THOMAS PELHAM (C.1678-1760) WHO WAS M.P. FOR LEWES FROM 1705-1741. HIS FATHER WAS SIR NICHOLAS PELHAM, WHO MARRIED JANE HUXLEY. SIR NICHOLAS WAS THE HALF BROTHER OF SIR THOMAS PELHAM OF LAUGHTON, 1ST BARON PELHAM (SEE LOT 121).