Live Auction 21052Ombersley Court: The Collection of Lord and Lady Sandys
CORNELIS JOHNSON (LONDON 1593-1661 UTRECHT)
Lot 189

CORNELIS JOHNSON (LONDON 1593-1661 UTRECHT)

Portrait of a lady of the Betenson family, half-length, in a gold dress and brown silk wrap

Closed29 November 2023

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GBP 9,450

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CORNELIS JOHNSON (LONDON 1593-1661 UTRECHT)
Portrait of a lady of the Betenson family, half-length, in a gold dress and brown silk wrap
oil on canvas
30 ½ x 24 ½ in. (77.5 x 62.2 cm.)
Please note that 100% of the hammer proceeds from this auction will be paid to the Sandys Trust, registered charity number: 1168357, with the exception of limited deductions towards sale costs across the auction which cannot be accurately calculated at this time, capped at a total of £10,000.

(Presumably) by descent in the Betenson family to,
Albinia, Duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven, née Farrington (c.1689-1745), and by descent to her son,
Robert, Lord Bertie (1721-1782), and by inheritance to his wife,
Lady Mary Bertie (1719-1798), and by inheritance to her great-niece,
Mary, Marchioness of Downshire and 1st Baroness Sandys (1764-1836), and by descent to her second son,
Lieutenant-General Arthur Hill, 2nd Baron Sandys (1792-1860), and by inheritance to his younger brother,
Arthur Marcus Sandys, 3rd Baron Sandys (1798-1863), and by descent in the family to,
Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys (1931-2013), Ombersley Court, Worcestershire.

Specialist note

The Betenson family were relatives of Lord Robert Bertie, husband of Lady Mary Bertie (see lot 129), the great-aunt of Mary, Marchioness of Downshire. The painting probably dates from the late 1630s or early 1640s, whilst Johnson was working in England and before he left for Middelburg. The costume, which Oliver Millar described as 'rich and rather free in texture', demonstrates the influence of Anthony van Dyck, more than is usual for Johnson (op cit., p. 19).

We are grateful to Professor Karen Hearn for her assistance in the cataloguing of this lot.