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LOT 2086
Very Large Oil Painting from Corby Castle of Elizabeth Lady Howard Wife to Lord William Howard, Daughter and Coheiress of William Lord Dacre
20TH CENTURY A.D.
65 x 35 1/2 in. (8.30 kg, 165 x 90.5 cm).
Comprising: a canvas copy of an important ancestral oil painting by Cornelius Jansen dated to 1637 depicting an aged female in facing pose standing within an arch with border of leaves; dark floor-length dress with ruff collar and lace cap; holding a wilted tulip in her left hand, a staff and rosary placed by her right hand; to her right, a sapling and nest with a robin, second robin standing at the base of the arch with legend 'AN.1637 / [.]LTA 73'; above right, gilt caption in capitals 'Elizabeth Lady Howard, wife to Lord William Howard, daughter and coheiress of William, Lord Dacre'; in old wooden frame with stepped reveal; old 'Philips Corby Castle' label to verso.
ProvenanceEx Corby Castle, Cumbria, UK, Philips sale, no.251.
Property of an East Anglian gentleman collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Corby Castle is a Grade I listed building and ancestral home of a cadet branch of the prominent Howard family situated on the southern edge of the village of Great Corby in northern Cumbria, England.
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LOT 2086
Very Large Oil Painting from Corby Castle of Elizabeth Lady Howard Wife to Lord William Howard, Daughter and Coheiress of William Lord Dacre
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
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