An Unknown Woman, known as 'The Bride', possibly Anne Conyngham, Mrs David Butle or Elizabeth Conyngham, Lady Staples (d.1681)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1660 - 1669
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1054 x 870 mm (41 1/2 x 34 1/4 in)
Order this imageCollection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 216399
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Woman, known as 'The Bride', possibly Anne Conyngham, Mrs David Butle or Elizabeth Conyngham, Lady Staples (d.1681), British (English) School, 1660s. Three-quartr length portrait of a young woman, seated, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, wearing a blue dress over a white chemise, with a red cloak, draped over her left arm and across her lap. She wears a single strand pearl necklace and pearl-drop earrings. Her dark brown hair, has a centre parting, a ringlet on her left shoulder. Trees behind to the right, distant cloudy horizon on the left.
Provenance
Purchased by National Trust in 1957 from William Lowry Lenox-Conyngham (1903–1957), shortly before his death, along with the other contents of Springhill
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist