Elizabeth Arundell, Lady Bedingfeld (c.1655-1690)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1665 - 1670
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
591 x 724 mm (23 1/4 x 28 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk
NT 1210300
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Elizabeth Arundell, Lady Bedingfeld (c.1655-1690) by British (English) School, c.1665. Painted oval. Half-length portrait of a young woman, turned slightly to the right, gazing at the spectator, she has dark hair, centrally parted and falling behind, in loose curls and is wearing a pearl necklet and drop-pearl earrings. Her amber coloured dress is worn over a white chemise and has a circular decolletage. Her slashed sleeves are buttoned over her white chemise. She has a blue cloak over her left shoulder The youngest daughter of Sir John Arundell of Lanherne, Cornwall. She was the second wife of Sir Henry Bedingfeld, 2nd Baronet, Great Sir Harry, who died in 1704.
Provenance
by descent from Sir Henry, 2nd Baronet Bedingfeld; presented to the National Trust by Sybil Lyne-Stephens, Lady Paston-Bedingfeld (1883 – 1985), 1952
Makers and roles
British (English) School, publisher