Studio of Sir Peter Lely

Anonymous sale (‘The Property of a Lady’), London, Bonhams, 6 July 1995, lot 11 (as studio of Sir Peter Lely);

Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby’s, 8 November 1995, lot 35 (as Sir Peter Lely), for £9,000;

Where acquired.

John Martin Robinson, 'Corby Castle Cumbria', in Country Life, 30 November 2000, p. 50, fig. 5 (reproduced hanging in the dining room). See Country Life image archive, FCH000602808 (available at: https://www.futurecontenthub.com/asset/612345/)

This is a variant of a known composition by Peter Lely, his Portrait of Catherine Stone (née Carleton), dated 1660, in the Government Art Collection.¹ This painting by the artist's studio, features a different sitter and sculpted bust but is otherwise very similar.

We are grateful to those consulted for their views.

¹ Inv. no. GAC 3720; oil on canvas, 123 x 99.5 cm.