English(?) School

Portrait of a lady, apparently representing Mary Queen of Scots



English(?) School - Portrait of a lady, apparently representing Mary Queen of Scots



English(?) School
Portrait of a lady, apparently representing Mary Queen of Scots
circa 1580
57.8 x 37.5 cm
Oil on panel
Sale Bonhams, London, 7 July 2010


Provenance

Said by the Ephron Gallery to have been brought to the United States in the nineteenth century by an English lady who was gifted the picture by a family of English officers, from whom possibly:
purchased by Mr. C. E. Baillie of Glencoe, January 1882 (according to a label on the reverse)
Ephron Gallery, New York
purchased from Ephron Gallery by Mrs. Redfield, circa 1940s
Alee B. Sanford, Jackson, Missouri
acquired by Louise Sanford by descent in 1977
bequeathed to Les Williams, Houston, Texas, by Louise Sanford
purchased by the present owner from Les Williams in 1994
sale Bonhams, London, 7 July 2010, nr. 53