Lot 446: BERNARD LENS (BRITISH, 1682-1740), AFTER ANTONIO ALLEGRI, CALLED CORREGGIO

BERNARD LENS (BRITISH, 1682-1740), AFTER ANTONIO ALLEGRI, CALLED CORREGGIO
A young lady, in red-lined blue dress, pearl necklace, plaited upswept hair, holding a dog in her arms
signed, dated and inscribed on the backing card, 'Bernard Lens Fecti. Lond[i] after the Originall of in yυe Cabonet of the Rυt Honυbυlυe the Earl of Pembr[oke] after Coregio April:2:' and 'IL DONO D'IL GRAN: DUCA DA FLOR: A, FILIP: COM: DI PEMR: Corregio Pinxit B. Lens Fecit after yυe Originall April yυe:2:1717'
on ivory
rectangular, 3¼ x 2½ in. (82 x 64 mm.), Bernard Lens pear-wood frame

Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), inventory Miniatures at Althorp, 1937, 'The original is No: 32 in the Catalogue of the Pictures at Wilton House (1907)'

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