Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)
Lot 252 PROPERTY OF A LADY 

Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)

Portrait of Dame Ann Dashwood, bust-length, in a feigned wreath

Closed30 January 2014

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USD 27,500

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Sir Peter Lely (Soest, Westphalia 1618-1680 London)
Portrait of Dame Ann Dashwood, bust-length, in a feigned wreath
with signature 'P. Lely' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30 1/8 x 25 in. (76.5 x 63.5 cm.)

with Agnew's, London, by 1948.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 16 November 1979, lot 145, as Circle of Sir Peter Lely.
Dr. Robert P. Coggins, Marietta, Georgia, from whom acquired circa 1970 by the father of the present owner.

Specialist note

The sitter may be the Anne Dashwood who was the wife of Sir Samuel Dashwood, brother of Francis Dashwood (1st Bt.).