John Greenhill (c.1644-1676) Portrait of a mother

John Greenhill (c.1644-1676)

Portrait of a mother, half-length with a red mantle over a brown dress, holding her child

Signed and dated 1665

Oil on canvas

71 x 61cm; 28 x 24in

Provenance:

Comte de Montrichard, by 1876;

Richard Davey, by 1895;

by descent to Mrs E. Durham;

Inherited by the previous owner from her mother;

by whom sold, Lawrences, Crewkerne, Fine Art Sale, 4 July 2008, lot 1188, where purchased by the present private collector

Literature:

Ellis Waterhouse, The Dictionary of 16th & 17th British Painters (Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 1988), p.112, illustrated

Exhibited:

Wrexham 1876, no. 372, as 'Duchess of Somerset and Child';

London, Grafton Gallery, 1895, no. 356, as 'Lady Jane Seymour and son';

Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1938