Lot 370: ISAAC OLIVER (ANGLO-FRENCH, C. 1565-1617)

ISAAC OLIVER (ANGLO-FRENCH, C. 1565-1617)
An unfinished portrait of a young lady called Diane d'Andouins (1554-1620), called 'La Belle Corisande', Countess of Guiche, in black dress with white lace ruff, her fair upswept hair dressed in a bun; blue background and matt gold border
on vellum
oval, 2 13/16 in. (72 mm.) high, rectangular pearwood frame
A paper label on the reverse of the frame is inscribed in pen 'Mυmυe Danville; mist. of Henri IV of France Painted by Olivier' and indistinctly inscribed in pen on the backing board 'Oliver Madame Danvill miss to [...] of France'

With D. S. Lavender (Antiques) Ltd, in 2001 (as Diane d'Andouins).