Lot 177: Abraham Staphorst (Edam c. 1638-1696 Dordrecht)

Portrait of Lady Anne Woodhouse, full-length, wearing a brown dress, holding flowers in her right hand
signed 'A. STAPHORST.' (lower right)
oil on panel
14 x 10 3/4 in. (35.6 x 27.3 cm.)

The Barons Wodehouse and the Earls of Kimberley and by descent to
John Wodehouse, 4th Earl of Kimberley, Kimberley Hall, Norfolk.

The daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Armine, 2nd Bart. of Osgodly, was the wife of Sir Thomas Wodehouse (d. 1671). Her husband, Thomas was knighted by Charles II in 1663 and their son, Sir John, 4th Bart. who inherited the family estates in 1681, became a leading Jacobite and Member of Parliament for Thetford and Norfolk. Staphorst visited England at least twice and painted a number of portraits for the Duke of Bedford in February 1660-1, of which one remains at Woburn Abbey.