Adam's Country House Collections 18th & 19th October 2021

141 Country House Collections|18 th & 19 th October 2021 MATTHEW FLINDERS (1774 - 1814) 476 GARRET MORPHY (C.1650-1716) A portrait of Anne Boyle 2nd Lady Mountjoy Three-quarter length seated, attended by a cupid and a dove and wearing sumptuous lace and satin dress, beside a brocaded curtain, an Italian Renaissance building and formal garden in the background. Oil on canvas, oval, 102 x 124cm Provenance: Hamwood House, Dunboyne, Co. Meath Literature: Ireland’s Painters, Crookshank & Glin, Yale 2002, pg17. “In 1696 Morphy painted Lady Mountjoy in an oval land- scape, holding a dove and accompanied by Cupid to symbol- ise her recent marriage. The pose and accessories were taken directly from a portrait by the French artist, Henri Gascars (1635-1701) Lady Mountjoy’s portrait is also notable for the cascades of frothy lace and this flecked quality is almost an autograph of Morphy’s later style...” € 30,000 - 40,000