Elizabeth Lauder, Countess of Lauderdale (d.1685/91)
manner of Gerrit van Honthorst (Utrecht 1590 – Utrecht 1656)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1653
Materials
Oil on wood
Measurements
720 x 560 mm
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Ham House, Surrey
NT 1139729
Summary
Oil painting on wood, Elizabeth Lauder, Countess of Lauderdale (d.1685/91) in the manner of Gerrit van Honthorst (Utrecht 1590 – Utrecht 1656). 1653. Painted oval. Half-length portrait of a young woman, turned slightly to the left, gazing at the spectator, with dark brown hair falling in ringlets on her left shoulder and wearing a gold low cut bodice, fingering a fold of her reddish cloak, edged with brown fur(?) which is draped from her left shoulder. Pendant to the portrait of the Earl of Lauderdale, and so probably his wife (they married in 1653). She was the younger daughter, co-heir and inheritrix of the estates of Richard Lauder (d. after 1660) and his wife, Mary or Mariota Scott, Lady Haltoune, or Halton. These included Halton Hall, from which Maitland took his title as Lord of Session (1670-82).
Provenance
Acquired in 1948 by HM Government when Sir Lyonel, 4th Bt (1854 – 1952) and Sir Cecil Tollemache, 5th Bt (1886 – 1969) presented Ham House to the National Trust, and entrusted to the care of the Victoria & Albert Museum, until 1990, when returned to the care of the National Trust, and to which ownership was transferred in 2002
Credit line
Ham House, The Dysart Collection (purchased by HM Government in 1948 and transferred to the National Trust in 2002)
Makers and roles
manner of Gerrit van Honthorst (Utrecht 1590 – Utrecht 1656), artist