Live Auction 8014The Cowdray Sale: Works of Art from Cowdray Park and Dunecht House, At Cowdray Park, West Sussex
Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen (London 1593-1661 Utrecht)
Lot 145

Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen (London 1593-1661 Utrecht)

Portrait of a gentleman, presumably of the Wilbraham family, half-length, in a black slashed doublet with a lace collar

Closed15 September 2011

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GBP 17,500

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Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen (London 1593-1661 Utrecht)
Portrait of a gentleman, presumably of the Wilbraham family, half-length, in a black slashed doublet with a lace collar
signed and dated 'Cs.J. fecit 1637' (lower left)
oil on canvas
30 3/8 x 24¾ in. (77.1 x 62.8 cm.)

Presumably by descent in the Wilbraham family to
George Hugh de Vernon Wilbraham (b. 1890), Delamere House, Northwich, Cheshire.
Acquired from Leggatt Brothers, London, in 1931, by Harold Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray.

Specialist note

An old label on the reverse of the picture indicates that this portrait was in the collection of George Wilbraham of Northwich, Cheshire, and it seems probable that this refers to George Hugh de Vernon Wilbraham of Delamere House, Northwich, Cheshire. The Wilbraham family, which was well established in Cheshire by the early 16th century, moved the family seat in 1784 from Nantwich to Cuddington where they built Delamere Lodge, later renamed Delamere House, one of the largest houses in the district. Cornelis Jonson executed a number of portraits of members of the family, including a portrait of Roger Wilbraham (1589-1670) of Dorfold, which was sold Christie's London, 11 April 1997, lot 57.