Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland
c. 1661-1665
Painter

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 126.1 x 101.5 cm (49 5/8 x 39 15/16 in.)
framed: 152.4 x 127.3 cm (60 x 50 1/8 in.) -
Accession
1960.6.26
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Bethell Walrond, Dulford House, Devon; (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 12-13 July 1878, 2nd day, no. 156); (Algernon Graves). Sir Henry-Hope Edwardes, 10th Bt., Wootton Hall, Ashbourne, Derbyshire; (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 27 April 1901, no. 11); Martin H. Colnaghi [d. 1908], London; sold 1908 to (Thos. Agnew & Sons, London), in joint account with (Wallis & Son, London); sold 1909 to (Scott & Fowles, New York).[1] Frank Bulkeley Smith [1864-1918], Worcester, Massachusetts; (his estate sale, American Art Association, New York, 22-23 April 1920, 2nd day, no. 109); bought by Otto Bernet, probably as an agent for William R. Timken [1866-1949], New York; by inheritance to his widow, Lillian Guyer Timken [1881-1959], New York; bequest 1960 to NGA.
[1] Thos. Agnew & Sons stock books, recorded by The Provenance Index, J. Paul Getty Trust, Santa Monica, California.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1908
Works by the Old Masters and Deceased Masters of the British School. Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1908, no. 184.
1967
Loan for display with permanent collection, Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences (now Chrysler Museum), Virginia, 1967-1972.
Bibliography
1951
Beckett, Ronald B. Lely. London, 1951: no. 100.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 74, as by Sir Peter Lely.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 65, repro., as by Sir Peter Lely.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 192, repro., as by Sir Peter Lely.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 224, repro.
1992
Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 162-165, repro. 163.
Wikidata ID
Q20177573