Sir Anthony van Dyck
(Antwerp 1599-1641 London)

Please note, this is a private collection item, and as such, there is no asking price. Offers will be considered.

Portrait Of Catherine Murray, Countess Of Dysart (d. 1649)
oil on canvas
41 1/4 by 33 1/4 in. (107.5 by 84.5 cm.)

Catherine Bruce, Mrs. William Murray (d.1649), half-length. Stylistically datable to the mid 1630’s, probably 1636. There are versions after this portrait at Ham House, and at Welbeck Abbey, described in 1894 as of Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland.

PROVENANCE:

The Copley family, Sprotbrough Hall, Doncaster until sold by Lord Cromwell, Christie’s, November 20, 1925, lot 148

Dr. James Hasson, Shenfield Mill, until 1981

Philip Mould, Historical Portraits Ltd., until sold, Sotheby’s, November 9, 1994, lot 28

EXHIBITED:

Museum of Richmond, Loan Exhibition, 1992

Mead Gallery, University of Warwick, The Weaker Vessel - The Role of Women in the Mid 17th Century, 1992, (An exhibition commemorating the role of women in the Civil War)

Castle Museum, Nottingham, The Weaker Vessel - The Role of Women in the Mid 17th Century, 1992, (An exhibition commemorating the role of women in the Civil War)

LITERATURE:

Listed in the inventory of the contents of Sprotborough Hall, 1883 (now in Doncaster Archives Department).

R. W. Goulding, Catalogue of the Pictures belonging to his Grace the Duke of Portland … at Wellbeck Abbey …, 1936