Live Auction 5936The Country House Sale - Property of the 14th Earl of Kintore & The Collection of the Late Bernard Lyons, C.B.E.
JOHN ALEXANDER (SCOTTISH, C.1690-1757)
Lot 53

JOHN ALEXANDER (SCOTTISH, C.1690-1757)

Closed18 March 2009

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GBP 2,125

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JOHN ALEXANDER (SCOTTISH, C.1690-1757)
Portrait of Lady Jean Keith, half-length, in a pink dress and green wrap, in a feigned oval
with inscribed numeral '7' (lower left)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.3 x 63.5 cm.)

Specialist note

Lady Jean Keith was the second daughter of William, 2nd Earl of Kintore (d.1718) and Catherine Murray, eldest daughter of the 4th Viscount Stormont. The artist John Alexander was known to have visited Keith Hall in 1736 and is thought to have painted the portrait of Lady Jean Keith's brother, William, 4th Earl of Kintore (c.1701-1761) at about that time. The portrait of the 4th Earl of Kintore is currently on loan in the Collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, and stylistically, bears a strong resemblance to the portrait offered here.