
Poppy Harvey-Jones
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Provenance
Probably James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Hamilton Palace, before 1643, and thence by descent until
Their sale, Christie's, Hamilton Palace, 17 June 1882, lot 1085 (as Sir Peter Lely, bt. Duncan for £73 10s)
Collection of Christopher Beckett Dennison, Grosvenor Street, London
His sale, Christie's, London, 13 June 1885, lot 899 (as Sir Peter Lely)
Private Collection, UK, since 1942
Literature
Probably Hamilton Palace Inventory, circa 1643, no. 294, as 'One peice (sp) of the Lady Herbert to the knees with a scarfe flying over her shouldier (sp), a coppy (sp) after Sr Anthony'.
Van Dyck had probably painted a three-quarter-length portrait of Lady Penelope before he was commissioned to paint the full-length at Wilton House. It is also recorded in a small early copy at Burghley House (on panel, 37.1 x 29.2 cm.) and in the engraving that Pierre Lombard executed in the middle of the 17th Century for his series of Countesses.