Lot 2
Cornelius Jonson(London 1593-1661 Utrecht)Portrait of Margaret Nevinson, half-length in black costume, within a painted oval
3 December 2025, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£8,000 - £12,000
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Cornelius Jonson (London 1593-1661 Utrecht)
Portrait of Margaret Nevinson, half-length in black costume, within a painted oval
signed with initials and dated 'C.J.fecit/ 1636' (lower right) bears inscription 'Margaret NevinSon Wife of Sr James Oxenden Kn.t Died Anno Dom: 1671' (on the painted oval, lower centre)
oil on canvas
76.8 x 61.4cm (30 1/4 x 24 3/16in).
in a Sunderland style frame
signed with initials and dated 'C.J.fecit/ 1636' (lower right) bears inscription 'Margaret NevinSon Wife of Sr James Oxenden Kn.t Died Anno Dom: 1671' (on the painted oval, lower centre)
oil on canvas
76.8 x 61.4cm (30 1/4 x 24 3/16in).
in a Sunderland style frame
Footnotes
Provenance
The Collection of the Oxenden family at Broome Park, Kent, thence by descent to
Muriel, daughter of Sir Percy Oxenden, 10th Bt., wife of Sir Edward Capel-Cure, by whom sold
Sale, Christie's, 20 November 1931, lot 50 (bt Pawsey and Payne)
Sale, Christie's, London, 23 November 2004, lot 2
Literature
Lady Victoria Manners, 'The Oxenden Collection', The Connoisseur, September 1914, p. 6, ill.
A.J Finberg, 'A Chronological List of Portraits by Cornelius Johnson', in Walpole Society, X, 1912-2, p. 26, no. 68
K. Hearn, Cornelius Johnson, London, 2015, pp. 49, 51, fig. 38
Margaret Nevinson, daughter of Thomas Nevinson of Eastry, Kent, married Sir James Oxenden (1586-1657), eldest son of Sir Henry Oxenden, of Deane, near Wingham, Kent. The family became important patrons to Cornelius Jonson, who retired to the village of Bridge, in Kent, near to Broome Park, the Oxenden family home. Eight portraits by Jonson in total are known to have been commissioned by the family, five of which are dated 1636 and one 1637.
We are grateful to Prof. Karen Hearn for her assistance in the cataloguing of this work.