An Unknown Woman
Dutch School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1630 - 1669
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
159 x 114 mm (6 ¼ x 4 ½ in)
Place of origin
Holland
Order this imageCollection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 1140189
Summary
Oil painting on panel, An Unknown Woman, Dutch School, mid 17th century. A half-length portrait of a woman in profile to the right, seated behind a stone ledge, on which she rests her right arm. She is dressed in layers of clothing: a brown fur stole, over a lace-trimmed white shoulder garment, over a black sleeved dress, over a white shift; and she has a black kerchief tied over her head. She wears no jewellery. There appear to be faint traces of an arch-topped termination to the picture (corresponding to, but different from, the painting of an actual arch in its pendant).
Provenance
In 1844 inventory and thence by descent until 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)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: on serrated circular label: 8695; and on a later label: B/2746
Makers and roles
Dutch School, artist
