LELY, Sir Peter
(b. 1618, Soest, d. 1680, London)

Portrait of Sibyl Masters

1648-51
Oil on canvas, 126 x 102 cm
Private collection

This three quarter length portrait represents Sibyl Masters (1624-1684), the daughter of Christopher Masters of the City of Westminster, the wife of Humphrey Wyrley, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas and a Justice of the Peace for Staffordshire. She is sitting on a ledge, a wooded evening landscape beyond. She wears a green silk dress with brown wrap, and a string of pearls.




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