An Unknown Man
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1720
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
737 x 318 mm (29 x 12 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129182
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Man, British (English) School, 1700-1720. A half-length portrait, of a mature man, turned to right, gazing at spectator, wearing red cloak, white cravat and dark brown shoulder-length wig.
Provenance
In Lady Louisa Cavendish 1860 catalogue of Hardwick Hall;by inheritance until, following the death of Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895 - 1950), Hardwick Hall and its contents were accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death duties and transferred to the National Trust, in 1959
Credit line
Hardwick Hall, The Devonshire Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist previously catalogued as attributed to Hyacinthe Rigaud (Perpignan 1659 – Paris 1743), artist