Live Auction 6392East & West: A Private Collection from Eaton Square & Anouska Hempel
English School, circa 1603
Lot 291

English School, circa 1603

Portrait of a lady of the Sewall family, full-length, in a black dress embellished with jewels, a lace ruff and cuffs, and a gold chain, holding an ostrich feather fan in her right hand, a dog at her feet

Closed2 May 2013

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GBP 32,500

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English School, circa 1603
Portrait of a lady of the Sewall family, full-length, in a black dress embellished with jewels, a lace ruff and cuffs, and a gold chain, holding an ostrich feather fan in her right hand, a dog at her feet
with the coat-of-arms of the Sewall family and inscribed with the motto 'NE NOCEAT' (upper right)
oil on canvas
75 7/8 x 42 in. (192.7 x 106.6 cm.)

Specialist note

We are grateful to Thomas Woodcock, College of Arms, for identifying the coat-of-arms as those of the Sewall, or Sewell family.