Lot Essay
The sitter was the daughter of James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon (1653-1699) by his first wife Eleonora, daughter and heir of Sir Henry Lee, 3rd Baronet, of Quarendon, whom he maried in 1671.
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Lady Mary Bertie, standing with her left elbow leaning on a stone plinth, in grey silk day dress with white underdress, blue silk cloak draped over her left shoulder, her right arm outstretched, dark brown hair falling over her left shoulder; roses, tree, and fountain background
Details
BERNARD LENS (BRITISH, 1682-1740)
Lady Mary Bertie, standing with her left elbow leaning on a stone plinth, in grey silk day dress with white underdress, blue silk cloak draped over her left shoulder, her right arm outstretched, dark brown hair falling over her left shoulder; roses, tree, and fountain background
signed with gold monogram 'BL.' (lower right)
rectangular, 4 7/8 x 3 5/8 in. (124 x 94 mm.), turned wooden frame
Lady Mary Bertie, standing with her left elbow leaning on a stone plinth, in grey silk day dress with white underdress, blue silk cloak draped over her left shoulder, her right arm outstretched, dark brown hair falling over her left shoulder; roses, tree, and fountain background
signed with gold monogram 'BL.' (lower right)
rectangular, 4 7/8 x 3 5/8 in. (124 x 94 mm.), turned wooden frame
Provenance
Tythrop House, Thame, Oxfordshire; Sotheby's, London, 21-22 August 1933.
Bonhams, London, 12 July 1993, lot 223
Bonhams, London, 12 July 1993, lot 223
Special notice
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