Jane Curzon, Mrs Henry Pye (b.1681)
manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1729
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
743 x 610 mm (29 ¼ x 24 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 108808
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Jane Curzon, Mrs Henry Pye (b.1681), in the manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723), early 18th century. A painted oval half-length portrait of the daughter of Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Bt (1635 - 1719), turned to right, gazing at the spectator, wearing a low cut blue dress but fastened with pearl buttons, with a red scarf draped over her left shoulder. Ringlet of hair falling on right shoulder.
Provenance
; bought with part of the contents of Kedleston with the aid of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1987, when the house and park were given to the National Trust by Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale (1924-2000), and transferred to the Wardrobe
Credit line
Kedleston Hall, The Scarsdale Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and transferred to The National Trust in 1987)
Marks and inscriptions
label - painted - bottom of frame - black text on gold - JANE CURZON BY G KNELLER
Makers and roles
manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist