Lot 77: Attributed to Jan Verkolje I (Amsterdam 1650-1693 Delft)

Attributed to Jan Verkolje I (Amsterdam 1650-1693 Delft)
Portrait of two ladies, traditionally identified as Mrs. Richard Saltonstale of Chipping Warden, Northamptonshire, and her daughter Ricarda, in a landscape
oil on canvas, laid down on board
34½ x 42 1/8 in. (81.9 x 107 cm.)
with identifying inscription: 'Mυrυs Saltinshall and her daughter who was afterwards Countess of Halifax and mother of Lady Lucy Montague 1υsυt wife of Francis 1 Earl of Guilford, & 7υtυh Lord North, and Mother of Fredυk. 2 Earl of Guilford K.G.' (on a label on the reverse)

(Probably) By descent to the sitter, Ricarda Posthuma Montagu, Countess of Halifax, née Saltonstale (c. 1689-1711), first wife of George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (c. 1684-1739), and by descent to their daughter,
(Probably) Lady Lucy Montagu, subsequently Countess of Guilford (d. 1734), wife of Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford (1704-1790), and by descent.

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.