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Fig. 1
Simon Verelst, Nell Gwyn, c. 1670
Oil on canvas
36 3/4 in. x 29 1/2 in. (93.5 mm x 74.8 cm)
Private collection, on loan to the National Portrait Gallery, London -
Fig. 2
Simon Verelst, Nell Gwyn, c. 1680
Oil on canvas
49 5/8 x 40 5/8 in. (103.2 x 126.1 cm)
Private collection -
Fig. 3
Simon Verelst, Nell Gwyn as Diana, c. 1675
Oil on canvas
48 ½ x 40 in (123.5 x 101 cm)
Private collection -
Fig. 4
Valentine Green, after Simon Verelst (artist erroneously stated as Sir Peter Lely) ‘Eleanor Gwynn’, 1777
Mezzotint
9 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (25.2 x 19.2 cm)
National Portrait Gallery, London
Simon Verelst
(1644-1721) Nell Gwyn (1650-1687)c. 1670
Oil on canvas
48 ½ x 38 ¾ in. (123.3 x 98.5 cm)
Provenance
Probably commissioned by George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1628–1687);
Probably the same painting recorded in the collection of the late Duke of Buckingham by Valentine Green in 1777;
Stuart Mackenzie of Ilford, Essex, recorded in his collection in 1974;[1]
Hildegard Fritz-Denneville Fine Arts Ltd, London;
Private collection, acquired from the above;
Sotheby’s, London, 29 June 2022, lot 24;
Philip Mould Gallery, London, acquired from the above.
[1] According to a photograph in the Heinz Library, National Portrait Gallery.