Portrait of a lady. Oil on canvas, no signature found, in a magnificent period gilt wood and gesso frame with name plaque, overall 48-6/8" x 58-1/4". <br>"Old Hall Gallery LTD. Eden Rye Sussex" and "John Hobbs & Co. Oklahoma City Individualized Interior Furnishings" labels verso. <br>
The sitter is said to be Alice Cope, wife of Sir John Cope. Sold by Aspire Auctions in February 2016.
Condition
Very good. Relined, new stretcher bar and keys, fine craquelure throughout. Evidence of old inpainting in the upper half of the canvas subsequently covered by varnish. Other minor scattered inpainting. Some losses and repairs to the frame.