An Unknown Boy
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
550 x 510 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129238
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Boy, British (English) School, 18th century. A oval, square-framed, half-length portrait of a young boy, standing, turned slightly to the right, gazing at spectator, blond hair to collar, wearing a pale cream-coloured coat with a white neck frill.
Provenance
Devonshire House; Hardwick Hall Catalogue, 1860; by descent until, following the death of the 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