An Unknown Lady with her Son
Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1670 - 1723
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2045 x 1334 mm (80 1/2 x 52 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire
NT 1548147
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Lady with her Son, Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723), signed lower left: G. Kneller. A full-length portrait, she eated, wearing an ornage dress with a blue mantle, her son on her lap wearing white and holding a cherry, a basket of flowers on a ledge to their right.
Provenance
Became the property of the National Trust, by donation, with all profits henceforward benefiting the houses and the charity, from Historic House Hotels Ltd and all its interests in Hartwell House, Bodysgallen Hall and Midddlethorpe Hall, in September 2008
Makers and roles
Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist