Important South African & International Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts
Live Auction, 12 October 2015
Important South African and International Art, Evening Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 200 000 - 300 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 306 936
About this Item
English School
British c. 1605
Portrait of Lady Stone, Wife of Sir William Stone
oil on canvas
197 by 126,5cm excluding frame
Notes
Full length, wearing a black dress and white ruff and holding a fan. With the family coat of arms and motto - 'FRONTI, NVLIA. FIDES'.
The sitter was Barbara, daughter of John Thorne. On the death of Sir William in 1607, she married William Campion of Combwell in Kent as his third wife. He died in 1615.
Provenance
The Campion family, Danny Park.
Sotheby's, London, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century British Paintings, Wednesday 14th March 1984, lot 17
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