Old Master & 19th Century Paintings
Old Master & 19th Century Paintings
Property from the Berkeley Collection at Spetchley Park
After Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.
Portrait of Queen Anne (1665–1714)
No reserve
Lot Closed
April 5, 12:07 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Berkeley Collection at Spetchley Park
After Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.
Portrait of Queen Anne (1665–1714)
oil on canvas
unframed: 126.8 x 101 cm.; 50 x 39¾ in.
framed: 153.7 x 128.6 cm.; 60½ x 50⅝ in.
In the collection of the Temple-Grenville family, Stowe House, Buckinghamshire, their coat of arms on a wax seal on the reverse;
Robert Berkeley (1794–1874), Spetchley Park;
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Inventory and Valuation of the furniture and effects at Spetchley Park, Worcester, The Property of R.G. Berkeley, Esquire, December 1949, listed in the 'Middle Hall', p. 117 (as 'Unknown').
A later copy based on the painting in the collection of the Duke of Buccleuch, Drumlanrig.1
1 J.D. Stewart, Sir Godfrey Kneller and the English Baroque Portrait, Oxford 1983, p. 92, no. 50, reproduced pl. 66a.