Provenance

purchased by Lady Elizabeth Russell - Keppel (1739-68), Marchioness of Tavistock, Woburn, Bedfordshire
her son, John Russell, sixth Duke of Bedford (1766-1839), Woburn Bedfordshire
by descent through the Russell family (Earls and Dukes of Bedford)
sale, the earl of Bedford (Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire), London (Christie’s), 19 January 1951, nr. 121, fl. 1,049.42, to the museum

External links

Rijksmuseum Accession number SK-A-3832

Other works by Pieter Lely

Portrait of Prince Rupert, bust-length
18th Century

Portrait of Jane Bickerton, Duchess of Norfolk

Portrait of a lady, bust-length, in a gold satin dress with a lilac wrap and a pearl necklace, within a painted stone oval

Portrait of Miss Jane Dering, three-quarter-length

Portrait of a gentleman