Monarch Hotel

Live Virtual Auction, 5 February 2020

Session One

Sold for

ZAR 25 795
Lot 51
  • Circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller; Portrait of Richard, Earl of Scarborough


Lot Estimate
ZAR 3 000 - 5 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 25 795

About this Item

Circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller
British 1646-1723
Portrait of Richard, Earl of Scarborough

inscribed with the title

oil on canvas
74 by 62cm excluding frame; 96 by 84 by 6cm including frame

Notes

Passage (Reception)

This painting is a portrait of Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarborough (1650-1721), who was an English soldier, statesman and gentleman of the bedchamber to William III. Kneller is known to have painted Lumley's son in 1717, a portrait that is held at the National Portrait Gallery, London.