Miniature portrait of Peter Oliver, & portrait of his wife, Anne on the reverse

Peter Oliver (1594 - 1648)

National Portrait Gallery

1625 - 1630

Miniature half length portrait of Peter Oliver in profile to the right. He has a moustache and small beard and wears a wide plain collar. On the reverse is a portrait of his wife, Anne, showing her head and half shoudlers, slightly to the right. She has dark hair confined under a coif banded with lace across the forehead.

• Medium: lead & wash on vellum
• Dimensions: 8 x 7 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £3990 ( Total: £3,990)
• ArtFunded in: 1971
• Vendor: Christie's

Provenance

George Vertue; Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford; 6th Earl Waldegrave; 13th Earl of Derby; by descent to 18th Earl of Derby; sold Christie's 1971.

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