Portrait of a Lady identified as Lady Frances Cecil, daughter of James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, seated three-quarter-length, in an orange dress and white shirt, holding a peony in her left hand, in a wooded landscape — Willem Wissing (1656-1687)

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Estimate: £8,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $13,110–$19,664
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Sale: Christie's — British Pictures , London · 16 July 1998
Record ID: TB-2026-6658144
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Willem Wissing, Portrait of a Lady identified as Lady Frances Cecil, daughter of James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, seated three-quarter-length, in an orange dress and white shirt, holding a peony in her left hand, in a wooded landscape. Christie's, 16 Jul 1998, lot 23. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6658144.

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Willem Wissing, Portrait of a Lady identified as Lady Frances Cecil, daughter of James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, seated three-quarter-length, in an orange dress and white shirt, holding a peony in her left hand, in a wooded landscape. Christie's, 16 Jul 1998, lot 23. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6658144.

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