23rd Apr, 2024 10:00
A Political Inheritance - The Contents of a Cotswold Country House
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Attributed to Pieter Andreas Rysbrack (1684-1748)
Attributed to Pieter Andreas Rysbrack (1684-1748)
A Peacock with a Dead Crested Grebe
A Basket of Apples with Dead Game
a pair
oil on canvas
56.5cm x 111.5cm and 59cm x 110cm
Provenance:with Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool (1784-1851); with The Hon. Henry Berkeley Portman (1860-1923), later 3rd Viscount Portman; with Emma, Viscountess Portman (1862-1929) by 1926, and by descent to her daughter Lady Moyra Dawson-Damer (1897-1962); thence by family descent.
Footnote:Mentioned in Lord Hawkesbury's Catalogues of Portraits at Compton Place and at Buxted Park, in Sussex, 1903, p. 23, no. 22, at Buxted Park, as in the Staircase Hall.
Sold for £6,500
Attributed to Pieter Andreas Rysbrack (1684-1748)
A Peacock with a Dead Crested Grebe
A Basket of Apples with Dead Game
a pair
oil on canvas
56.5cm x 111.5cm and 59cm x 110cm
with Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool (1784-1851); with The Hon. Henry Berkeley Portman (1860-1923), later 3rd Viscount Portman; with Emma, Viscountess Portman (1862-1929) by 1926, and by descent to her daughter Lady Moyra Dawson-Damer (1897-1962); thence by family descent.
Mentioned in Lord Hawkesbury's Catalogues of Portraits at Compton Place and at Buxted Park, in Sussex, 1903, p. 23, no. 22, at Buxted Park, as in the Staircase Hall.
The paintings have both been relined and restored. Craquelure to both artworks; the craquelure is more prominent to the still life with peacock, with a horizontal line running across the top of the artwork. Generally good condition otherwise, with picture surfaces stable in each case.
Size including frame (maximum): 74cm high x 131cm wide
Frames have chips, scratches and knocks throughout. One frame missing applique to top left-hand corner. Overall good appearance.
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Auction: A Political Inheritance - The Contents of a Cotswold Country House, 23rd Apr, 2024
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