Late 17th-Century English School, Portrait Of Anne Coventry

Late 17th-Century English School, Portrait Of Anne CoventryThis late 17th century English oil painting depicts a young woman, traditionally identified as Anne Coventry, later Lady Bulkeley (1674 1774). Painted in an oval format and dating to circa 1695 1700, it is likely to have been executed around the time of her marriage to Sir Dewey Bulkeley of Nether Burgate, Hampshire. She is shown turned slightly to her left, her gaze soft yet direct, meeting the viewer with composed assurance. Her dark hair is

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A glimpse of a golden hue hints at open scenery beyond

this sublime portrayal is particularly interesting for its gentle mannering - a lineage that ultimately descends from Van Dyck

and all nations share in the light of Epiphany

The portrait is housed within a good later frame

This could explain why the gentleman here is looking directly at us with his body square on to the easel

There’s the occasional wormhole - perhaps a symbolic nod to the inevitability of decay

Clare’s father

Rotterdam’ at Christie’s in 1997

(1853-1889) and a young Mary Stevenson Cassatt (1844-1926)

he was continually broke

with comparatively loose handling