Marcus Gheeraerts II

Provenance

By descent through the sitter's nephew, James Stuart, 4th Duke of Lennox (1612-1655) at Cobham Hall, to her great nephew,
Charles Stuart, 3rd Duke of Richmond (died 1672), and by descent through the latter's sister Lady Catherine O'Brien, suo jure Baroness Clifton, who married Lord Cornbury, to her granddaughter Lady Theodosia Hyde, suo jure Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold (1695-1722), daughter of the 3rd Earl of Clarendon, who married John Bligh, 1st Earl of Darnley, in 1713, and by descent in the collection of the Earls of Darnley to
Ivo, 8th Earl of Darnley, Cobham Hall
sale Christie's, London, 1 May 1925, nr. 22 (1,150 gns. to Knoedler)
with Leggatt, London, 1931, from whom acquired by
Harold, 2nd Viscount Cowdray (1882-1933), and by descent at Cowdray Park
sale Christie's, London, 5 July 2011, nr. 7