Lot 27: Attributed to Adriaen Hannemann (The Hague 1604-1671) and Studio Portrait of John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet and Lady Margaret Sackville, his wife,

Attributed to Adriaen Hannemann
(The Hague 1604-1671)
Portrait of John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet and Lady Margaret Sackville, his wife, both three-quarter-length, seated, he in black robes, she wearing a silver dress with roses in her lapoil on canvas121.5 x 149.4cm (47 13/16 x 58 13/16in).

The prime version of this composition is in the Royal Collection. Oliver Millar in his catalogue of the Stuart pictures in the Royal Collection notes that a version of this composition was at Burley-on-the-Hill. Another, stated to be signed and dated 1644 by Dobson, was formerly at Bill Hill, near Wokingham. Another was sold at Sotheby's, 12 March 1958, lot 147 and another, from the collection of the Earl of Thanet seems to have been sold at Christie's, 17 March 1888, lot 72 (see: O. Millar, Tudor, Stuart & Early Georgian Pictures in the Royal Collection, Oxford, 1963, no.194, p.110).John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet (1608-1664) was a supporter of King Charles I of England during the Civil Wars. He was the eldest son of Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet and Lady Frances Cecil, granddaughter of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. Among his properties was Bodiam Castle, in Sussex, which he purchased in 1639 and sold for £6,000 in 1644. In 1629 he married Lady Margaret Sackville (1614–1676), daughter of Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset and Lady Anne Clifford. They had eleven children.