Lot 35: John Hayls

John Hayls
fl.1651-1679
portrait of lady mary bertie
half length, wearing a grey dress with red robes
inscribed u.r.: Lady Mary Bertie/1675
oil on canvas, in a carved wood frame
74 by 62 cm., 29 by 24 1/2 in.
The sitter was the daughter of Montagu, 2nd Earl of Lindsey and his first wife Martha, daughter of Sir William Cokayne.
The artist John Hayls worked extensively for the Bertie family.
Provenance:
By descent from Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden and his fourth wife, Lady Elizabeth Bertie, daughter of Montagu, 2nd Earl of Lindsey, to Charles, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough (1850-1926), by whom sold, Christie's, 19th April 1902, lot 99, bt. Kennedy for £5.4.0