Mary BEALE<br/>
<em>Portrait of a lady</em> (c. 1680) <!-- (recto) --><br />

oil on canvas<br />
76.5 x 63.7 cm<br />
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br />
Purchased with funds donated by Krystyna Campbell-Pretty and the Campbell-Pretty Family in memory of Ros McCarthy, 2017<br />
2017.452<br />

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Portrait of a lady

Mary BEALE

British art

Mary BEALE
Portrait of a lady (c. 1680)

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
76.5 × 63.7 cm
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Accession Number
2017.452
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Krystyna Campbell-Pretty and the Campbell-Pretty Family in memory of Ros McCarthy, 2017
Gallery location
17th Century & Flemish Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Subjects (general)
Portraits
Subjects (specific)
frames (ornament areas) hairstyles half figures women (female humans)
Movements
Baroque Restoration (British style or period)
Provenance
Provenance: Private collection, UK; Bonham’s Knightsbridge, 27 April 2016, Portrait of a lady, said to be Miss Weston, bust-length, in a gold dress with a blue sash, Lot 186, as Circle of Mary Beale; Philip Mould & Company, London, 2016–17.

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