An Unknown Lady
manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1729
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1240 x 1000 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129291
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Lady, manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723). A three-quarter-length portrait, seated to right, head facing, wearing a green cloak over a white chemise, classical architecture right.
Provenance
In Louisa Cavendish 1860 catalogue; thence by descent 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
manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist