Old Masters Day Auction
Old Masters Day Auction
The Property of a Private Collector
Studio of Sir Peter Lely
Portrait of the artist, half-length, wearing a brown cloak
Lot Closed
July 7, 01:35 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a Private Collector
Studio of Sir Peter Lely
Soest 1618 - 1680 London
Portrait of the artist, half-length, wearing a brown cloak
bears signature upper left: P: Lely Eq: aurj: / ipse Pinxt:
oil on canvas
unframed: 75.2 x 62.6 cm.; 29⅞ x 24¾ in.
framed: 94.4 x 82 cm.; 37⅛ x 32⅜ in.
By whom sold, London, Christie's, 27 July 1945, lot 27 (as Sir Peter Lely);
Lt. Col. G.H. Bryant, by 1951;
Anonymous sale (‘The Property of a Gentleman’), London, Sotheby's, 13 March 1985, lot 36 (as studio of Lely);
Anonymous sale (‘The Property of a Gentleman’), London, Sotheby's, 8 November 1995, lot 36 (as studio of Lely);
With Philip Mould, London;
From whom acquired by the present owner.
Another version of this work, comparable in size and also attributed to the studio of Sir Peter Lely, is recorded in the Royal Collection.1 The painting most likely derives from Lely's Self Portrait with Hugh May at Audley End, in which the artist depicts himself alongside the architect Hugh May and a bust of Grinling Gibbons, in order to commemorate May's appointment as Comptroller of the King's Works at Windsor Castle.2
1 Oil on canvas, 77.3 x 65.4 cm.; https://www.rct.uk/collection/406034/portrait-of-the-artist
2 https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/sir-peter-lely-16181680-and-hugh-may-16211684-267138