SIR PETER LELY (SOEST, WESTPHALIA 1618-1680 LONDON) - photo 1
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SIR PETER LELY (SOEST, WESTPHALIA 1618-1680 LONDON)

Lot 36
07.12.2023 14:30UTC +00:00
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ID 1086627
Lot 36 | SIR PETER LELY (SOEST, WESTPHALIA 1618-1680 LONDON)
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
SIR PETER LELY (SOEST, WESTPHALIA 1618-1680 LONDON)

A man playing a violin, possibly a portrait of the artist

oil on canvas

36 ¼ x 32 ½ in. (92 x 82.6 cm.)





Provenance

(Possibly) William, 1st Baron Craven, later Earl Craven (1608-1697).

Mr. Stewart of New York; his sale, Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, New York, 23 February 1955, lot 68, as 'Gerrit van Honthorst', where acquired by a private collectior, and by descent; [Property of a Gentleman], Sotheby's, London, 16 November 1983, lot 27.

with Alex Wengraf, Ltd., London, by September 1985, from whom acquired by the following in 1985-6,

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston, until 2012, when acquired by the following,

with Fergus Hall, London, from whom acquired by a private collector.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 19 April 2018, lot 39, where acquired by the present owner.



Literature

R. Verdi, 'The Burlington House Fair at The Royal Academy - Old Master Paintings', The Burlington Magazine, CXVII, no. 990, September 1985, p. 652, fig. 7.

M. Butlin, Aspects of British Painting, 1500-1800, from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston, 1988, pp. 38 and 39.

B. Henderson, Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680): Dutch Classicist, English Portraitist, and Collector, California, 2008, p. 139, no. 40.

C. Campbell, ed., Peter Lely: A Lyrical Vision, exhibition catalogue, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2012, pp. 106-7, fig. 47.
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