For Sale
Portrait of a Lady in Red Dress on Porch c.1680
Circle of William Wissing (c.1656-1687) This picture formed part of a historic collection of an English aristocratic family, Lord and Lady Sandys at their magnificent baroque and Regency Grade-I listed family home, Ombersley Court. The collection was acquired or commissioned over five centuries and remained at Ombersley Court until its recent sale, the first in 294 years. This portrait hung in the Grand Hall. |
Portrait of a Lady Diana Cecil, Countess of Elgin c.1638
Attributed to Theodore Russel (1614-1689) This picture formed part of a historic collection of an English aristocratic family, Lord and Lady Sandys, at their magnificent baroque and Regency Grade-I listed family home, Ombersley Court. The collection was acquired or commissioned over five centuries and remained at Ombersley Court until recently. This painting hung in The Great Hall (see photo). |
Portrait of a Gentleman in Armour, Thomas Bruce, Earl of Elgin c.1638
Attributed to Theodore Russel (1614-1689) This picture formed part of a historic collection of an English aristocratic family, Lord and Lady Sandys, at their magnificent baroque and Regency Grade-I listed family home, Ombersley Court. The collection was acquired or commissioned over five centuries and remained at Ombersley Court until recently. This painting hung in The Great Hall (see photo). |
Portrait of Anne, Lady Tipping, née Cheke (1678-1727) c.1705
Circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723) This picture formed part of a historic collection of an English aristocratic family, Lord and Lady Sandys, at their magnificent baroque and Regency Grade-I listed family home, Ombersley Court. The collection was acquired or commissioned over five centuries and remained at Ombersley Court until recently, the first in 294 years. The painting hung in The Saloon (see photograph) |
Portraits of a Lady, Dorothy and Jane Wood c.1750
By John Theodore Heins (1697-1756) By descent within the Wood family (of Bracon Ash, Norfolk, since the medieval period) for 275 years. Jane’s daughter Ann, famously married in a lavish ceremony in 1799 on board the Foudroyant, off Naples, with Lord Nelson himself giving away the bride. |
Portrait of a Lady Holding a Portrait Miniature of a Boy c.1673-80
Circle of John Michael Wright (1617-1694) (Probably) part of the collection of The Most Honourable Maria Arabella, Dowager Marchioness of Lansdowne, and sold after her death as a “Collection of Valuable Paintings” on 13 July 1833, by auctioneers Mr George Robins, at her home Wycombe Lodge, Kensington, London |
Portrait of Maria Virginia Borghese Chigi, Princess Farnese (1642–1718) c.1663-78
Studio of Jacob Ferdinand Voet (c. 1639-1700) This exquisite portrait belongs to a type of portrait known as ‘Les Belle Romanes’. Voet is perhaps best remembered for his series of them – a great set of portraits of the most enchanting women of Rome |
Portrait of Marie-Madeleine de Chamillart c.1720
Studio of Robert Levrac-Tournières (1667-1752) This work formed part of the collection of paintings and family heirlooms of Baron Hugues Alfred Frèdéric de Cabrol de Moute (1909-1997) and his wife, Baroness Marguerite (née d’Harcourt) de Cabrol de Moute (1915-2011). The couple had unimpeachable and enviable family backgrounds, and were descendants of ancient princelings; together they were one of the most prominent high-society couples of the twentieth century and counted the Duke of Duchess of Windsor amongst their closest friends |
Double Portrait of Sir John Rivers 3rd Baronet of Chafford, and his Wife, Lady Anne Rivers, Beside a Fountain c.1662
Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680) and Studio This magnificent grand-scale work formed part of a collection of family pictures and heirlooms of the Rivers Baronets and their descendants for over 325 years, before it was dispersed by the last in the line, along with other family heirlooms, in 1988. The work was painted by the most technically proficient painter in England after the death of Van Dyck, and the dominant court painter to Charles II and James, Duke of York, Sir Peter Lely. It is no surprise that for years Lely had no serious rivals, was enormously influential and successful, and one of the country’s most important painters – and his work influenced countless artists over generations. The exquisite carved and gilded auricular frame is an astounding work of art in itself. |
Figures in a Flower Garland, 17th Century
Jan Anton van der Baren (c.1615–1686) Indistinctly signed and dated This highly refined flower garland painting is a shining example of the Flemish Baroque and is a very rare object, considering there are only 14 paintings accepted as authentic works by this artist. |
Portrait of Grace Saunderson, Viscountess Castleton (1635-1667) c.1665-67
Sir Peter Lely and Studio (1618-1680) This work formed part of a collection of family pictures and heirlooms of the Saunderson, Viscount Castleton family and their descendants, the Earls of Scarbrough, at their magnificent family seat Sandbeck Park, where the Earls still reside today almost four hundred years later. It was painted in the studio of Sir Peter Lely, the most technically proficient painter in England after the death of Van Dyck, and the dominant court painter to Charles II and James, Duke of York. The sitter was born into one of the wealthiest families in the country. Remarkably, her substantial recipe and accounts book survives today and it offers historians a rare and invaluable glimpse into a seventeenth century household. |
Portrait of Pieter Van Der Dvssen c.1664
by Jan van Haensbergen (1642–1705) This charming portrait is an excellent example of late 17th century child portraiture and is from one of the most prolific periods in art history – the Dutch Golden Age. Its quality is similar to the works of the highly specialised ‘fijnschilders’, who were working in Leiden; these artists executed meticulous small-scale paintings. Haensbergen painstakingly recorded many details, the face is sublime, and the surface effects of the fine materials and the pearl clasps are outstanding. |
Portrait of a Lady in a Mauve Dress c.1660
Circle of Peter Lely (1618-1680) Recent research has uncovered that this work formed part of the collection of family pictures and heirlooms of Barons de Saumarez family at their magnificent 1,400-acre manor, Shrubland Park, near Ipswich, England. The manor was considered amongst the finest Italianate country homes in Britain and the family held the estate for over 200 years (from 1798) |