John Astley Paintings & Artwork for Sale | John Astley Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 02, 2024
Attributed to John Astley (English, 1724-1787) PORTRAIT OF SIR CAPEL MOLYNEAUX BART
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Attributed to John Astley (English, 1724-1787) PORTRAIT OF SIR CAPEL MOLYNEAUX BART oil on canvas inscribed with sitter's name lower right h:25.25 w:21.25 in. Provenance: Collection of Bank of Ireland Capel was the son of Sir Thomas Molyneux, 1st Baronet. In 1738 he succeeded his brother Daniel to the title of Baronet and to all the family estates except Castle Dillon, which he did not inherit until 1759. He was appointed High Sheriff of Armagh in 1744 and sat for Clogher in the Irish House of Commons from 1761 to 1768. Later he represented Dublin University (1776) and Clogher again in 1783. He was invested to the Privy Council of Ireland in 1776. John Astley studied with Joshua Reynolds in the 1740s under the artist Thomas Hudson. He later went to study in Rome and Florence in 1747 (one of his teachers was Pompeo Batoni), before establishing his career in Dublin, and later settling in England.
Whyte's
Oct. 21, 2022
Portrait of a lady in profile, half length, wearing a pink lace-trimmed gown, reading a book
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold Without Reserve Attributed to John Astley Salop, Shropshire 1724 - 1787 Dunkinfield, Cheshire Portrait of a lady in profile, half length, wearing a pink lace-trimmed gown, reading a book oil on canvas canvas: 24 by 20in.; 62.9 by 51.8 cm. framed: 28 by 24 in.; 71.4 by 61 cm. Bid on Sotheby's
Sotheby's
Mar. 11, 2020
Attributed to John Astley (British 1724-1787)
Est: £2,000 - £4,000
Portrait of a lady, said to be Mrs Penning, half length, in a pale grey dress with pink ribbons and pearls, standing at a spinet, with a musical score indistinctly inscribed and dated "1764[?]" lower right on the spinet oil on canvas, in a feigned oval, in its original 18th Century gilded wood frame 75 x 62cm
Cheffins
Jan. 31, 2018
John Astley English, 1724-1787 Portrait of a Lady
Est: $1,000 - $3,000
John Astley English, 1724-1787 Portrait of a Lady Oil on canvas 25 1/4 x 21 inches (64.2 x 53.4 cm) Provenance: Private collection, Massachusetts A student of Thomas Hudson and Pompeo Batoni, John Astley was known as "Beau Astley" for his handsome appearance and ostentatious attire. He enjoyed a wide patronage among fashionable Londoners from the 1750s to the 1780s. An old handwritten label affixed to the stretcher of this painting reads: Miss Parsons/by Thomas Gainsborough/(1727-1788)/Maynard Collection.We are grateful to Piers Davies for his help in cataloguing this work. C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Oct. 10, 2017
JOHN ASTLEY (1724-1787)Portrait of a Lady, three-quarter length, seated holding a bookOil on canvas, 122 x 99cm The presumed subject of this portrait is Mary Smith of Tinny Park Co. Wicklow. She was at the centre of the parliamentary milieu in the
Est: €8,000 - €10,000
JOHN ASTLEY (1724-1787)Portrait of a Lady, three-quarter length, seated holding a bookOil on canvas, 122 x 99cm The presumed subject of this portrait is Mary Smith of Tinny Park Co. Wicklow. She was at the centre of the parliamentary milieu in the orbit of the speaker W. B Ponsonby. Both her husband and son (later 1st Baron Tara of Bellinter, see lot ) were M.Ps ; her sister married Francis Mathew, later 1st Earl of Llanduff and through her mother's family she was related to the Skeffingtons, Viscounts Massereene. Astley, a friend of and influenced by Joshua Reynolds, spent three lucrative years in Ireland c. 1756-59 painting, according to Pasquin , the beauties of lerne, his masterpiece being the conversation piece of the Beresford family at Curraghmore. Her marriage to John Preston of Bellinter, M.P for Navan on 25th April 1758 could categorise this painting as a marriage portrait. Provenance: Bellinter House, Co. Meath and by inheritance
Adam's
Sep. 04, 2013
Circle of John Astley (Shropshire circa 1730-1787 Duckenfield)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a green velvet coat, seated at a table with a bowl of soup, a music score, a pair of dividers and books oil on canvas 57 x 50.7cm (22 7/16 x 19 15/16in).
Bonhams
Apr. 10, 2013
Circle of John Astley (Shropshire circa 1730-1787 Duckenfield)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a green velvet coat, seated at a table with a bowl of soup, a music score, a pair of dividers and books oil on canvas 57 x 50.7cm (22 7/16 x 19 15/16in).
Bonhams
Oct. 17, 2012
John Astley Wem, 1727 - Dukinfield Lodge, 1787 Portrait du jeune Peter John Fremeaux Toile
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
John Astley Wem, 1727 - Dukinfield Lodge, 1787 Portrait du jeune Peter John Fremeaux Toile h: 127 w: 101 cm
Artcurial
Sep. 17, 2011
Portrait of Peter John Fremeaux
Est: €6,000 - €7,200
Astley John Wem/Shropshire 1724 - Duckenfield/Cheshire 1787 Portrait of Peter John Fremeaux Oil/canvas, 126 x 101 cm, on the stretcher label of the 'Northhampton Art Gallery County Exhibition' of 1935, as Thomas Gainsborough, min. rest., relined. - Prof. Brian Allen a. Hugh Belsey, Paul Mellon Institute of British Art, have kindly identified the artist. - Prov.: James Fremeaux of Kingsthorpe, until 1799; Thomas Reeve Thornton, Kingsthorpe Hall until 1862; Kingsthorpe Hall, Familie Thornton of Kingsthorpe. - Mus.: London (British Mus.), Brussels, Belfast. - Lit.: Saur, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
Auktionshaus Stahl
Jun. 08, 2011
Attributed to John Astley (British, 1730-1787) Portrait of a man in armour of circa 1700
Est: £400 - £600
Portrait of a man in armour of circa 1700 oil on canvas 35.5 x 28cm (14 x 11in).
Bonhams
Apr. 13, 2011
John Astley (London 1724-1787)
Est: €8,000 - €10,000
John Astley (London 1724-1787)
Dorotheum
Jan. 28, 2011
John Astley (British, c. 1724-1787) Gentleman with Book and Quills Signed and dated indistinctly "J. A.../p..xit/17..." l.l., identi...
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
John Astley (British, c. 1724-1787) Gentleman with Book and Quills Signed and dated indistinctly "J. A.../p..xit/17..." l.l., identified on a label affixed to the stretcher. Oil on canvas, 36 3/8 x 39 1/2 in. (92.4 x 100.3 cm), framed. Condition: Lined, scattered retouch, craquelure, with lifting u.r., surface grime.
Skinner
Apr. 29, 2010
JOHN ASTLEY
Est: £5,000 - £7,000
JOHN ASTLEY SALOP, SHROPSHIRE 1724 - 1787 DUNKINFIELD, CHESHIRE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, HALF LENGTH, WEARING A BLUE FROCK COAT oil on canvas 63.5 by 52 cm.; 25 by 20 1/2 in.
Sotheby's
Oct. 29, 2009
Attributed to John Astley (Wem, Shropshire 1724-1787 Dukinfield Lodge, Cheshire)
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Attributed to John Astley (Wem, Shropshire 1724-1787 Dukinfield Lodge, Cheshire) Portrait of a lady, said to be Mrs. Penning, half-length, in a pale grey dress with pink ribbons, and pearls, standing at a spinet, with a musical score indistinctly inscribed and dated '...man[?] 1764' (lower right, on the spinet) oil on canvas 30 x 25¼ in. (76.2 x 64.2 cm.) indistinctly inscribed '...OL...' (centre right, on the score)
Christie's
Oct. 28, 2009
Attributed to John Astley (Wem, Shropshire 1724-1787 Dukinfield Lodge, Cheshire)
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Attributed to John Astley (Wem, Shropshire 1724-1787 Dukinfield Lodge, Cheshire) Portrait of a lady, said to be Mrs. Penning, half-length, in a pale grey dress with pink ribbons, and pearls, standing at a spinet, with a musical score indistinctly inscribed and dated '...man[?] 1764' (lower right, on the spinet) oil on canvas 30 x 25¼ in. (76.2 x 64.2 cm.) indistinctly inscribed '...OL...' (centre right, on the score)
Christie's
Nov. 22, 2007
John Astley 1724-1787 , Portrait of a Lady oil on canvas laid down on panel
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
half length, wearing a purple dress, a black lace choker, a pearl necklace and flowers in her hair oil on canvas laid down on panel
Sotheby's
Nov. 30, 2005
JOHN ASTLEY, 1724-1787
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
PORTRAIT OF MARY WESTON 77x64cm.; 30 1/4 x25 1/4 in. oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Jul. 13, 2005
JOHN ASTLEY, 1724-1787 PORTRAIT OF MARY WESTON
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Jun. 16, 2005
John Astley (1724-1787)
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Portrait of a lady, bust-length, in an elaborate red dress with ermine trim, with a white lace ruff, and pearls in her hair oil on canvas 25 1/4 x 21 1/8 in. (64.1 x 53.7 cm.)
Christie's
Mar. 26, 2004
JOHN ASTLEY 1724-1787
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
three-quarter length, standing, wearing red military dress, with a fur lined cloak, his right hand on a sword PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN
Sotheby's