ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

Lot 125
02.07.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1443017
Lot 125 | ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
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£ 7 000 – 10 000
ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Portrait of a lady, probably of the Castel Saint Nazare family, three-quarter-length, in a black dress adorned with pearls and diamonds, with a white ruff and black headdress
oil on panel
44 ½ x 32 ½ in. (113.1 x 82.4 cm.)
inscribed 'Ano 1604 · / Æte 41 ·' with coat-of-arms (upper right and upper left), the sinister half probably belonging to the Castel Saint Nazare family




Provenance

Lt-Col. Frederick Robert Stephen Balfour (1873-1945), Dawyck House, Peeblesshire, and by descent.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 24 March 1950, lot 120, as 'P. van Somer', a portrait of the Countess of Southampton.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 20 June 1973, lot 8, as 'P. van Somer', a portrait of the Countess of Southampton.
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