Lot 50: Noël-Nicolas Coypel (Paris 1690-1734)

Noël-Nicolas Coypel (Paris 1690-1734)
Portrait of a lady as Amphitrite
signed and dated 'N.N Coypel. f. 1733' (lower left)
oil on canvas, shaped top
101¾ x 77 in. (258.4 x 196 cm.)

Luton Hoo Inventory, 1913, p. 31, no. 131, on the Grand Staircase.
J. Delaplanche, Noël-Nicolas Coypel 1690-1734, Paris, 2004, pp. 51 and 110, no. P.57, colour plate on p. 50.

Sir Julius Wernher, 1st Bt. (1850-1912), Luton Hoo, Bedforshire, on the Grand Staircase, by whom bequeathed with a life interest to his widow,
Alice, Lady Wernher, subsequently Lady Ludlow (1862-1945), to their son,
Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Bt., G.C.V.O. (1893-1973), Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, on the Grand Staircase, and by descent.
Works of Art from the Wernher Collection; Christie's, London, 5 July 2000, lot 82, as The Triumph of Galatea, when acquired by the present owner.