"Lady Portrait English School 1640 Circa"
Reputed Portrait of Jane Bromley, as a Young Widow by British, English School, oil on canvas painting circa 1640/1650, in good condition, set in a modern frame.Jane Bromley is painted wearing a widow’s peak, a headdress worn during mourning.
She was the heiress of Hallon Manor, subsequently Davenport, and great-grandmother of Henry Davenport III (1677–1731), who married Barbara Ivory (d.1748).
The present painting relates to a composition in Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire (Fox Talbot Museum and Village, National Trust) on loan from the Davenport family since 1993 (as English School, acc. no. 996380).
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