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Lady Mary Villiers, Later Duchess of Richmond and Lennox (1622–1685), with Charles Hamilton, Lord Arran (circa 1630–1640)
Lady Mary Villiers, Later Duchess of Richmond and Lennox (1622–1685), with Charles Hamilton, Lord Arran (circa 1630–1640)
Lady Mary Villiers, Later Duchess of Richmond and Lennox (1622–1685), with Charles Hamilton, Lord Arran (circa 1630–1640)

Lady Mary Villiers, Later Duchess of Richmond and Lennox (1622–1685), with Charles Hamilton, Lord Arran (circa 1630–1640)

Artist (Flemish, 1599–1641, active in Great Britain)
Datecirca 1637
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions83 1/4 x 52 1/2 in. (211.5 x 133.4 cm)
Frame: 94 1/2 x 63 3/4 in. (240 x 161.9 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Theodore Webb
Object numberG.52.17.1
On View
Not on view
Collections
ProvenanceCreated London, ca. 1637. James Hamilton (1606–1649), 1st Duke of Hamilton, Hamilton Palace, Lanarkshire, Scotland, by 1638 [1]; the Dukes of Hamilton, ca. 1649–1882; William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton (1845– 1895), 12th Duke of Hamilton; [his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, June 17, 1882, no. 31, as Portraits of the Duchess of Richmond and Her Son]; purchased by Duncan on behalf of Christopher Beckett Denison (1825– 1884), Upper Grosvenor Street, London; [his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, June 6, 1885, no. 914, as Portraits of the Duchess of Richmond and Her Son]; Mr. Boore, London, until at least 1896 [2]. Baron Alfred de Rothschild (1842–1918), Halton House, Buckinghamshire, England; by descent to his nephew Lionel de Rothschild (1882–1942), Exbury House, Hampshire, England. [Koetser Gallery, New York]; Mrs. Theodore Webb, North Carolina; given to NCMA, 1952.

[1] The painting is placed in the collection of James Hamilton by an inventory of 1638, no. 289.
[2]Owner according to Jules Guiffrey and William Alison, trans., Sir Anthony van Dyck: his life and his work (London: H. Henry & Co., 1896), 299, no. 794: "Formerly in Coll. of Duke of Hamilton; bought by C. Beckett Denison in 1882; now in possession of Mr. Boore." An annotated version of the Denison catalogue in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Library confirms Boore bought the painting at the 1885 sale.