Lot 16
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SAMUEL COOPER | Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Lady Claypole, née Cromwell

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Cooper
  • Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Lady Claypole, née Cromwell
  • Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, mounted on a playing card, silver-gilt frame with scroll surmount, reverse engraved with the sitter's name;signed with the artist's monogram and dated centre left: SC. / 1654
  • 67 by 55 mm.

Provenance

Henry Gordon Bois;
his executor's sale, London, Sotheby's, 27 March 1947, lot 73;
Robert H. Rockliff, Eastbourne;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 11 November 1947, lot 46;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 25 November 1968, lot 46;
sale, London, Christie's, 23 March 1982, lot 333

Condition

Fading to the red of the dress. Along the margin, around the sky, some water damage.
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