An Unknown Man
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
895 x 670 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129303
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Man by British (English) School. Half-length portrait of a man, seated, head facing, wearing dark dress with white collar, holding a wine-glass in his left hand, his right resting on a table.
Provenance
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
British (English) School, artist