The Carnarvon Family: Group portrait of Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon (1632-1709), his wife Elizabeth, née the Hon. Elizabeth Capel (1633-1678), and their children Charles, Viscount Ascott (1652-before 1673) and Elizabeth, later Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (1653-1677)
$500
SIR PETER LELY (SOEST, WESTPHALIA 1618-1680 LONDON)
The Carnarvon Family: Group portrait of Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon (1632-1709), his wife Elizabeth, née the Hon. Elizabeth Capel (1633-1678), and their children Charles, Viscount Ascott (1652-before 1673) and Elizabeth, later Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (1653-1677)
signed with monogram 'PL' (centre right) and inscribed 'Carolus Dormer Contes Carnarv. et Uxor eius Eliz. Fil: Bar. Capell una cum Liberis Car. et Elizabetha' (centre)
oil on canvas
61 ½ x 85 ¾ in. (156.2 x 217.8 cm.)
in an English Palladian frame, carved with gadroons, bead-and-reel and egg-and-dart decoration, with scrolled ornament and outset corners, second quarter of 18th century