12th Jun, 2024 12:00
Fine Paintings, Works on Paper & Sculpture
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FLEMISH SCHOOL (MID-17TH CENTURY)
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL, FULL LENGTH WEARING A WHITE DRESS AND HOLDING AN OSTRICH FEATHER FAN
oil on canvas
112 x 75cm; 44 x 29 1/2in
128.5 x 90.5cm; 50 1/2 x 35 1/2in (framed)
Property of a Lady
Provenance
Inherited by the late husband of the present owner in 1968
According to family tradition the present work is thought to be a portrait of the young Henrietta Anne (1644-1670), daughter of King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria of England and the youngest sister of Charles II who called her 'Minette'. Although baptised into the Church of England she was brought up a Catholic in France, and through her marriage in 1661 to Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, brother of Louis XIV of France, she became the Duchess of Orléans. Thereafter she worked for an alliance between England and France, and to convert Charles to Catholicism.
Sold for £3,000
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL, FULL LENGTH WEARING A WHITE DRESS AND HOLDING AN OSTRICH FEATHER FAN
oil on canvas
112 x 75cm; 44 x 29 1/2in
128.5 x 90.5cm; 50 1/2 x 35 1/2in (framed)
Property of a Lady
Provenance
Inherited by the late husband of the present owner in 1968
According to family tradition the present work is thought to be a portrait of the young Henrietta Anne (1644-1670), daughter of King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria of England and the youngest sister of Charles II who called her 'Minette'. Although baptised into the Church of England she was brought up a Catholic in France, and through her marriage in 1661 to Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, brother of Louis XIV of France, she became the Duchess of Orléans. Thereafter she worked for an alliance between England and France, and to convert Charles to Catholicism.
Auction: Fine Paintings, Works on Paper & Sculpture, 12th Jun, 2024
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