Michael Dahl 1656 - 1743

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 GBP

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Description

Michael Dahl
Portrait of Miss Campbell, said to be the daughter of Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll
oil on canvas, in a carved wood frame

three-quarter length, seated in a landscape, wearing a blue dress, holding a flower cutting in her right hand

Provenance

Lt. Colonel Ernest Henry Denne Stracey (1871-1948), by whose executors sold, Christie's, 25th June 1948, lot 43, bt. for £10 by Wiggins (as Kneller)

Catalogue Note

It has been suggested that the sitter may be Anne, eldest daughter of Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, by his wife, Elizabeth Tollemache. In February 1711 she married James Stuart, 2nd Earl of Bute.