LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

52.01 in. (132.10 cm.) (height) by 45.00 in. (114.30 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

signed with initials 'Jh. pinxit..' (lower left) and inscribed 'Ano, Dom. 1650. Æta, Suæ. 5:' (centre left), '6months' (centre) and '4' (centre right)

Condition:

n a carved and gilded 'Sunderland' frame

Literature:

C. Anson, A Catalogue of Pictures and Drawings in the Collection of The Viscount Cowdray, London, 1971, p. 28, no. 82, as 'Gerrit van Honthorst' 'three daughters of George Preston of Holker' (in the East Gallery).

Provenance:

By descent through Charlotte, daughter of Thomas Preston (uncle of Sir William Lowther, 1st Bt. of Marske), at Holker Hall, Lancashire, to. Sir William Lowther, 3rd Bt., by whom bequeathed, with the house, to his first cousin. Lord George Cavendish, and by descent at Holker to Lord Richard Cavendish; Christie's, 12 December 1930, lot 39, as 'A. Hanneman, The Three daughters of George Preston, Esq., of Holkar' (55gns. to Leggatt) Acquired from Leggatt Brothers, London, 1931, by Harold Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray.