Live Auction 7633Old Master & British Pictures (Day Sale)
Sir Peter Lely (Westphalia 1618-1680 London)
Lot 163

Sir Peter Lely (Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a blue dress and pearl earrings

Closed3 December 2008

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GBP 44,450

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Sir Peter Lely (Westphalia 1618-1680 London)
Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a blue dress and pearl earrings
signed with monogram 'PL.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 in.)

General Sir Henry de Bathe, 4th Bt. (d. 1907), Woodend, and by inheritance to his son;
Sir Hugo de Bathe, 5th Bt.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 3 June 1977, lot 43 (sold 810 gns.).

Specialist note

Sir Hugo de Bathe, 5th Bt., who is recorded as having owned this portrait, is perhaps best known for having married the late Victorian beauty and actress Lillie Langtry (1853-1929) who was previously the mistress of Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII.

This portrait is thought likely to date from the late 1750s.