PORTRAIT OF LADY ANN NOEL
bears the inscription Ann da of Sir Robert Lovet / Dowager Countess of Bath / 2nd wife of Baptist 3 Viscount Campden lower left; with the inventory number No.20 on the reverse
oil on canvas
76 x 63.5cm; 30 x 25in
97.5 x 83cm; 38 1/2 x 32 3/4in (framed)
Property from a Private Collection, London
Provenance:
Charles Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough (1850-1926)
The Hon. Charles and Mrs May Noel (son and daughter-in-law of the above)
Colonel Archibald Noel (son of the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner (son of the above)
Lady Ann Noel (d.1639), was the daughter of Sir Robert and Lady Anne Lovett of Liscombe, Buckinghamshire. On her marriage to Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath (1590-1636) in 1633 she became Dowager Duchess of Bath. Widowed three years later, she married again in 1638 to Baptist Noel (1611-1682), 3rd Viscount Campden. She died the following year without issue.
Sold for £3,500
PORTRAIT OF LADY ANN NOEL
bears the inscription Ann da of Sir Robert Lovet / Dowager Countess of Bath / 2nd wife of Baptist 3 Viscount Campden lower left; with the inventory number No.20 on the reverse
oil on canvas
76 x 63.5cm; 30 x 25in
97.5 x 83cm; 38 1/2 x 32 3/4in (framed)
Property from a Private Collection, London
Provenance:
Charles Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough (1850-1926)
The Hon. Charles and Mrs May Noel (son and daughter-in-law of the above)
Colonel Archibald Noel (son of the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner (son of the above)
Lady Ann Noel (d.1639), was the daughter of Sir Robert and Lady Anne Lovett of Liscombe, Buckinghamshire. On her marriage to Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath (1590-1636) in 1633 she became Dowager Duchess of Bath. Widowed three years later, she married again in 1638 to Baptist Noel (1611-1682), 3rd Viscount Campden. She died the following year without issue.
Auction: Fine Paintings and Works on Paper, 14th Jun, 2023