Important South African & International Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts
Live Auction, 12 October 2015
Important South African and International Art, Evening Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 150 000 - 175 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 159 152
About this Item
Studio of Willem Wissing
British 17th Century
Portrait of a Lady, said to be Jane Ashburnham (1604-1672)
oil on canvas
232 by 141cm excluding frame
Notes
Full length, standing, wearing a brown dress with blue robes.
The Hon. Jane Boteler, later Jane Ashburnham, was daughter of John, 1st Lord Boteler of Bramfield and his wife Elizabeth, half sister of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. In 1621 she married James Ley, 1st Earl of Marborough as his third wife. After his death in 1629, and described as 'young, beautiful, childless and rich', she married William Ashburnham, Cofferer of the Household to Charles I and Charles II.
Provenance
By descent from the sitter until sold at Sotheby's, London, 15 July 1953, lot 95
Sotheby's, London, British Paintings 1500-1850, Wednesday 9 July 1997, lot 18
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