Lot 20 · Old Masters Part I
Portrait of Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine and later Duchess of Cleveland (1640-1709), full-length, seated in a silver dress and blue drapery, a landscape beyond
Sir Peter Lely And Studio · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £120,000–£180,000 hammer ≈ $151,906–$227,859
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Masters Part I , London · 2 July 2024
- Dimensions
- 71 x 56 in. (180.4 x 142.2 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3236937
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Sir Peter Lely And Studio, Portrait of Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine and later Duchess of Cleveland (1640-1709), full-length, seated in a silver dress and blue drapery, a landscape beyond. Christie's, 2 Jul 2024, lot 20. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3236937.
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Sir Peter Lely And Studio, Portrait of Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine and later Duchess of Cleveland (1640-1709), full-length, seated in a silver dress and blue drapery, a landscape beyond. Christie's, 2 Jul 2024, lot 20. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3236937.
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From the same sale Old Masters Part I · Jul 2024
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A parakeet on an upturned basket, with fruit, a pewter plate, a vase … | Balthasar Van Der Ast | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), bust-length, in an embroid… | George Gower | £300,000–£500,000 | |
| A standing man turning to the left with outstretched arms | Alessandro Allori | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| Mares and Foals in an extensive landscape | A.r.a. George Stubbs | £7,000,000–£10,000,000 | |
| The Hon. Peniston Lamb (1770-1805), with his horse Assassin and his d… | Benjamin Marshall | £150,000–£250,000 | |
| Double portrait of a married couple, half-length | GABRIEL ZEHENDER (ACTIVE BASEL, C. 1527-35) | £100,000–£150,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Joshua Reynolds P.r.a. | Portrait of Charlotte Grote, wearing a black dress and ribbo | $819,000 | Sotheby's, Jan 2023 | |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds P.r.a. | self portrait | Sotheby's, Jul 2015 | ||
| George Romney | Portrait of Mrs Deborah Jemima Maxwell (1755-1789), full-len | Christie's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Sir Joshua Reynolds P.r.a. | Autoportrait en robe de docteur | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Sir Peter Lely | Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Barbara Palm | Christie's, Dec 2017 | ||
| George Romney | Portrait of Frances (née Puleston) Cooke (1765-1818) | Sotheby's, Feb 2024 | ||
| Sir Peter Lely | self-portrait | Sotheby's, Jul 2016 | ||
| Sir Joshua Reynolds P.r.a. | Portrait of Nancy (née Parsons) Horton (circa 1735–1814 or 1 | Sotheby's, Feb 2024 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.