Lot 48 · Old Masters Evening Sale
Portrait of Lady Mary Fane, later Countess of Exeter (1639-1681), three-quarter-length, in a brown dress and purple shawl
Sir Peter Lely · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £80,000–£120,000 hammer ≈ $106,072–$159,108
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Masters Evening Sale, London · 5 July 2018
- Dimensions
- 49 5/8 x 40 ½ in. (125.8 x 102.4 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3808766
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Sir Peter Lely, Portrait of Lady Mary Fane, later Countess of Exeter (1639-1681), three-quarter-length, in a brown dress and purple shawl. Christie's, 5 Jul 2018, lot 48. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3808766.
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Sir Peter Lely, Portrait of Lady Mary Fane, later Countess of Exeter (1639-1681), three-quarter-length, in a brown dress and purple shawl. Christie's, 5 Jul 2018, lot 48. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3808766.
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