Lot 37
CIRCLE OF SIR PETER LELY (BRITISH 1618-1680)
PORTRAIT OF JOHN CHAMPNEYS OF ORCHARDLEIGH, WILMINGTOWN
British and European Paintings
Auction: 24 May 2017 at 12:00 BST
£5,000
Description
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
76cm x 63.4cm (30in x 25in)
Footnote
Note: The sitter's sister, Penelope Champneys, daughter of Richard Champneys of Orchardleigh, was the mother of the much-admired yet tragically short-lived portrait painter John Greenhill (c.1644-1676)