Lot 471
  • 471

Sir Godfrey Kneller

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Sir Godfrey Kneller
  • Portrait of the Duchess of Newcastle
  • oil on canvas
  • 15 by 12 in.; 38.2 by 30.5 cm.
  • 38.2 by 30.5 cm.

Provenance

Henry Graves & Co., London, 1893;
Collection of Daniel Appleton;
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Laporte, New Jersey;
Anonymous sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 30 March, 1944, lot 55;
Collection of William Roth.

Condition

Canvas is lined. SURFACE: in generally good condition; lining has compressed surface somewhat but, retention of pigment, color and details is very good; craquelure throughout--flattened and stable from relining UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: difficult to see through old varnish; a few scattered spots of inpaint--one on her left breast; another at lower left (in background); a few spots along lower edge at center
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