An Unknown Boy with a Bird
probably Cornelius Johnson (London 1593 - Utrecht 1661)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1629 (inscribed)
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
667 x 540 mm (26 1/4 x 21 1/4 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1151362
Summary
Oil painting on panel, An Unknown Boy with a Bird, Dutch School, probably by Cornelius Johnson (London 1593 - Utrecht 1661), inscribed top right: 1629. A three-quarter-length portrait of a boy, standing to left, in a pink slashed costume, white lace collar and ruff, holding out his right hand on which a bird is perched.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905 – 1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973
Credit line
Erddig, The Yorke Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: 'LOUSIA PRINCESS OF BOHEMIA' (on paper on frame) Recto: Inscribed top right: 1629
Makers and roles
probably Cornelius Johnson (London 1593 - Utrecht 1661), artist Dutch School, artist
References
Steegman 1957 John Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, Vol.I: North Wales, Cardiff, 1957, p.96 "PORTRAITS AT ERDDIG, WREXHAM ADDITIONAL PORTRAITS 24. PRINCESS LOUISA of Bohemia. Panel; as a child, HL."