Lady Penelope Spencer (1642-1667)
after Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1660 - 1667
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
840 x 680 mm
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Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129232
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lady Penelope Spencer (1642-1667), after Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680). A three-quarter-length portrait, almost facing, wearing yellow dress and blue cloak, a spaniel at either side.
Provenance
In Swift 1811 inventory and thence by descent until, following the death of Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895 - 1950), Hardwick Hall and its contents were accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death duties and transferred to the National Trust, in 1959
Credit line
Hardwick Hall, The Devonshire Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
on right, by sitter's left elbow Lady P. Spencer
Makers and roles
after Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist