ID 1071119 
Lot 182  | SIR GODFREY KNELLER (LÜBECK 1646-1723 LONDON)
Estimate value
£ 1 500 – 2 500 
Portrait of a gentleman, possibly Lord Robert Russell (c.1645-c.1703) bust-length, in a lace cravat and blue drapery
oil on canvas, oval
26 ½ x 17 ¾ in. (67 x 45 cm.)
Provenance
By descent to Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys (1931-2013), Ombersley Court, Worcestershire.
Literature
J. Grego, Inventory of Pictures: Portraits, Paintings, etc., Ombersley MS., 1905, where listed in the Grand Staircase.
ONM / 1 / 2 / 7, journal entry for a visit to Ombersley Court, 25 August 1950, Oliver Millar Archive, Paul Mellon Centre, London, p. 25.
Ombersley Court Inventory, June 1963, annotated Ombersley MS., where listed in the Principal Staircase and Landing.
Ombersley Court Catalogue of Pictures, undated, Ombersley MS., p. 38, where listed in the Main Staircase.
| Artist: | Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723) | 
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| Auction house category: | Paintings | 
| Artist: | Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723) | 
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| Auction house category: | Paintings | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |||||
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