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English School, 1626 Portrait of Miss Shafto, full-length, in a gold and black striped dress, standing holding a rose image 1
English School, 1626 Portrait of Miss Shafto, full-length, in a gold and black striped dress, standing holding a rose image 2
English School, 1626 Portrait of Miss Shafto, full-length, in a gold and black striped dress, standing holding a rose image 3
Lot 29

English School
1626
Portrait of Miss Shafto, full-length, in a gold and black striped dress, standing holding a rose

6 December 2023, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £38,400 inc. premium

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English School, 1626

Portrait of Miss Shafto, full-length, in a gold and black striped dress, standing holding a rose
dated and inscribed '.1626./AETATIS.3.' (upper right)
oil on panel
82.3 x 66.1cm (32 3/8 x 26in).

Footnotes

Provenance
By descent to Robert Duncan Shafto, by whom offered
Sale, Christie's, London, 23 November 1979, lot 130 (for £3500)
Sale, Sotheby's, London, 12 November 1997, lot 26 (for £52,000) where purchased by the present owners

It is possible that the sitter is the daughter of Robert Shafto, Sherrif of Northumberland, and his wife Jane Eden Barington. Alternatively she could be the daughter of his son, Robert Shafto of Benwell Tower.

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