LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

10.63 in. (27.00 cm.) (height) by 18.90 in. (48.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

with a red wax seal bearing the arms of Smyth (Smith) of Honington, or Smyth (Smith) of Welbourne (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Catalogue of a Collection of Pictures, Drawings, Furniture and Objets d'Art, 1924-25, no. 5, as by 'a northern, possibly Flemish hand under the influence of the Italian School'. Manchester, Manchester City Art Gallery, Exhibition of Works of Art from Private Collections in the North West and North Wales, 21 September-30 October 1960, no. 23, as 'Jan van Scorel'.

Provenance:

Smyth/Smith of Honnington or Smyth/Smith of Welbourne, Lincolnshire (according to the armorial red wax seal on the reverse). Harold Ainsworth Peto (1854-1933), architect and garden designer, until 1899, when acquired by. George Kemp, 1st Baron Rochdale (1866-1945), the grandfather of the following,. Anonymous sale [The Property of a Nobleman]; Sotheby's, London, 9 July 1998, lot 57, as 'Swart van Groningen' (£54,300 to the present owners).