Circle of Henry Pickering (British, fl.1740-1771), Portrait ...

Hammer

£200

Circle of Henry Pickering (British, fl.1740-1771), Portrait of a Woman in a Blue Dress. oil on canvas. Frame with plaque with erroneous inscription “Anne of Cleves by Holbein” and inscription on label on reverse “Anne of Cleves wife of Henry 8th painted about 1615 having been in the Knollys family for 300 years was purchase from Lord Knollys at Blounts Court Henly by Rt Hon Sir Wm Byrne P.C., KCVO and was sold by him in 1925 to the Duc de Pleneuf in Jersey”, English, early 19th century, gilded frame. 20¾ x 16¼in. (52.7 x 41.3cm.). Unlined. Original stretcher. 3 ¼ in. hole in the canvas to the left of head. Patched, filled and restored puncture in the canvas in the dress lower centre. Surface dirt over discoloured varnish.