Joan Carlile
Portrait of a Lady

ArtistEnglish, c. 1606–1679
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Portrait of a Lady
Date1640s
MediumOil on copper
DimensionsPanel: 4 3/4 × 3 7/8 in. (12.1 × 9.8 cm)
Frame: 7 × 5 3/8 × 3/4 in. (17.8 × 13.7 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Cecily E. Horton
Object number2020.403
Non exposé

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Provenance[D.S. Lavender (Antiques) Ltd., London, 1998 (as Barbara Villers, Duchess of Cleveland, by Joan Carlile); Valerie Eliot (1926-2012)]; [Christie’s, London, A Life’s Devotion: The Collection of the Late Mrs. T.S. Eliot, November 20, 2013, lot 172 (as A Lady traditionally identified as Barbara Villers, Duchess of Cleveland, attributed to Joan Carlile)]; Private collection, UK; [Philip Mould, UK]; purchased by MFAH, 2020.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed erroneously in a later hand, center left: La Duchesse / de / Cleveland

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