Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland

c. 1661-1665

Probably chiefly studio of Sir Peter Lely

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Timken Collection

  • 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 Number

    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

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