Two Unknown Children and a Dog
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1670 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1232 x 1003 mm (48 1/2 x 39 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 1139977
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Two Unknown Children and a Dog by British (English) School, late 17th century. Two full-length portraits of children, one child standing in the centre and the other sits on the right. The child in the centre has short curly blond hair and is wearing a white chemise revealing his naked right leg, over which looped, from a jewelled chain worn on his right shoulder, red cloak which hangs in folds on the left, he has a small bird on his left hand. The seated child with short curled blonde hair on the right, is also wearing a chemise with a green cloak draped from the waist which falls over her legs in the front, she is leaning on a rock covered with her gold cloak, a small spaniel is getting up on his hind legs in the right corner. Woodland in the background on the right and distant hill and far horizon with cloudy sky on the left.
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
British (English) School, artist