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Lady Elizabeth Compton
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Lady Elizabeth Compton

1780-1782
Sir Joshua Reynolds visual detail
ArtistSir Joshua Reynolds
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Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 240 x 149 cm (94 1/2 x 58 11/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Institution
National Gallery of Art
Object number
1937.1.97
Credit
Andrew W. Mellon Collection

Market Intelligence

Observed sale facts, comparable evidence, artist index history and modeled research remain separate.

Public evidence
Last known price $500,000 Dealer sale · Oct 17, 1928
Matched price history · normalized USD · Foundry provisional
1928 · $500,000
$500K1928
Last known price$500,0001 matched observed sale
Observed median$500,000
Observed sales1
Artist index3.3
1928-10-17Dealer sale$500,000.00
Artist index contextLatest public build 3.3 · base 100 · n=1.Artist-level context is not an artwork valuation.

Comparable Sales

Same-artist public sales ranked by medium, creation year, dimensions and sale recency.

Evidence ranked
ArtworkSale dateHouseRealized USDMatch
Portrait of Ostenaco (Syacust Ukah)
1762 · oil on canvas		1959-01-05—$16,740.0074%
Portrait of Ostenaco (Syacust Ukah)
1762 · oil on canvas		1953-05-18—$5,000.0074%

Similarity score is descriptive evidence ranking, not a valuation model. Every row comes from the public-rights market boundary.

Provenance

Public
Painted for the sitter's husband, Lord George Cavendish [1754-1934], of Keighley

Painted for the sitter's husband, Lord George Cavendish [1754-1934], of Keighley

by descent to John Compton Cavendish, 4th Baron Chesham [1894-1952]. (M. Knoedler & Co., London), from whose New York branch it was purchased October 1928 by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.

by descent to John Compton Cavendish, 4th Baron Chesham [1894-1952]. (M. Knoedler & Co., London), fr...

deeded December 1934 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh

deeded December 1934 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh

gift 1937 to NGA.

gift 1937 to NGA.

Source provenance text

Painted for the sitter's husband, Lord George Cavendish [1754-1934], of Keighley; by descent to John Compton Cavendish, 4th Baron Chesham [1894-1952]. (M. Knoedler & Co., London), from whose New York branch it was purchased October 1928 by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.; deeded December 1934 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1937 to NGA.

Ngaconfidence 100%

Exhibitions

Public
No rights-cleared exhibition history is published.
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Sourced Overview Evidence

Lady Elizabeth Compton is a work by Sir Joshua Reynolds. dated 1780-1782. made in oil on canvas. with recorded dimensions overall: 240 x 149 cm (94 1/2 x 58 11/16 in.). The work is recorded by National Gallery of Art under accession 1937.1.97.

Ngaconfidence 100%

Evidence state

1 observed sales · 2 comparable sales · 4 structured provenance events · 0 structured exhibitions.

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