Mary BEALE<br/>
<em>Portrait of a lady</em> (c. 1680) <!-- (recto) --><br />

oil on canvas<br />
76.5 x 63.7 cm<br />
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br />
Purchased with funds donated by Krystyna Campbell-Pretty and the Campbell-Pretty Family in memory of Ros McCarthy, 2017<br />
2017.452<br />

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Portrait of a lady

Mary BEALE

British art

Mary BEALE
Portrait of a lady (c. 1680)

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Accession Number
2017.452

Department
International Painting

Subjects (general)
Portraits

Subjects (specific)
frames (ornament areas) hairstyles half figures women (female humans)

Movements
Baroque Restoration (British style or period)

Provenance
Provenance: Private collection, UK; Bonham’s Knightsbridge, 27 April 2016, Portrait of a lady, said to be Miss Weston, bust-length, in a gold dress with a blue sash, Lot 186, as Circle of Mary Beale; Philip Mould & Company, London, 2016–17.

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