The 'most seductive image in British Art'?

July 4 2011

Image of The 'most seductive image in British Art'?

Picture: Sotheby's

It's a good line to spin, but I'm not sure I find Lely's portrait of Nell Gwyn (on sale this week at Sotheby's) that seductive. I don't think Lely could really do seductive...

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