Live Auction 15497Old Masters Day Sale
Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646-1723 London)
Lot 182 PROPERTY OF A LADY (LOTS 138, 181, 182, 183, 191, 200, 203 AND 207)

Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646-1723 London)

Portrait of Doddington Montagu, Countess of Manchester (1672-1721), bust-length, in a blue dress

Closed7 December 2018

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GBP 6,000

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Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646-1723 London)
Portrait of Doddington Montagu, Countess of Manchester (1672-1721), bust-length, in a blue dress
oil on canvas, oval
29 3/8 x 24 5/8 in. (74.5 x 62.5 cm.)
with indentifying inscription (centre left)

Viscountess Torrington, Yotes Court, Mereworth; her sale, Messrs. Foster, Yotes Court, 1 October 1923 (=1st day), lot 21 (66 gns.).
M.D.P. Dalison, and by inheritance to the father of the present owner in the 1950s.

Specialist note

The sitter was the daughter of Robert Greville, 4th Baron Brooke, of Beauchamps Court, Warwickshire, and Anne Dodington. She married Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester (1662-1721/22), son of Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester. She was styled Countess of Manchester until 28 April 1719, when she became Duchess of Manchester. A portrait of her husband by Kneller, dated to circa 1712, is in the National Portrait Gallery, London.