Lot 6: Attributed to Gilbert Jackson (fl.1622-1640)

Double portrait of a lady and her daughter, both full-length, the former in a black dress with slashed sleeves and lace collar and cuffs, the latter in a red dress with slashed sleeves, lace collar and cuffs
oil on canvas
72 1/2 x 51 in. (184.2 x 129.5 cm.)

Oliver Millar, The Pictures at Malahide Castle, M.S. Catalogue, 1953, no.55.

Probably Henry Harrington; Gernon, Dublin, 11 June, 1833, lot 427 as by Janssens (sold 4 guineas).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London., 26 March 1976, lot 37 (sold £1,600).

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY (LOTS 1-7)

The costumes of the sitters suggest that they are members of the gentry, rather than nobility. The mother's hat alludes to her rank, and she wears a fichou to cover her neck and suggest piety. Her daughter holds a primrose, a symbol of youth, in her right hand, and a devotional book in her left.

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