Keywords: Peter Lely - Portrait of a young woman and child, as Venus and Cupid.Jpeg en Sir Peter Lely Portrait of a young woman and child as Venus and Cupid <quote> Provenance Possibly King Charles II 1630-1685 ; Possibly King James II 1633-1701 ; Possibly taken from Whitehall by his son-in-law John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby 1647-1721 husband of Katherine Darnley King James II's natural daughter by Catherine Sedley and recorded at Buckingham House Middlesex by G Vertue in an inventory of 1746; Presumably either sold by the Duke's natural son Sir John Sheffield 1st Bt c 1706-1774 on the sale of Buckingham House to King George III or removed to Normanby Hall or another residence; Possibly purchased by William Lowther 2nd Earl of Lonsdale 1787-1872 and by descent to George Henry 4th Earl of Lonsdale 1855-1882 by 1879; Lowther Castle Sale; Lowther Castle Wyatt 30 April 1947 as a portrait of Nell Gywn; G Houghton-Brown; his sale London Sotheby's 8 February 1950 lot 76 as a portrait of Barbara Villiers Duchess of Cleveland when purchased by Denys Bower ; The Sale of the Trustees of the Denys Eyre Bower Bequest removed from Chiddingstone Castle in Kent London Christie's 5th July 2007 lot 57 bt for £1 588 000 by the present owner <ref>http //www mutualart com/Artwork/Portrait-of-a-young-woman-and-child--as-/E6CF28D1CDBED2B4</ref> </quote> Dimensions 48 5 X 61 5 in 123 19 X 156 21 cm Medium oil on canvas 2015-06-12 Portrait of a young woman and child Sir Peter Lely other versions <gallery>File Lely venus-cupid jpg </gallery> PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Peter Lely |