A Gentleman Dressed 'alla Romana' wearing a Golden-coloured Cloak
Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1630 - 1680
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
750 x 620 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290363
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Gentleman Dressed 'alla Romana' wearing a Golden-coloured Cloak by Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680). A painted sculpted oval head-and-shoulders portrait, dressed in seventeenth-century style with a brown jacket with slashed sleeves and a white cravat. His brown hair is worn loose. On the back is inscribed: 'This portrait of himself by Sir Peter Lely was presented to him by the Earl of Ferrers in gratitude to the Earl as his Patron, and was purchased by me at the unfortunate dismantling of the House at Staunton Harold by the folly of some and rapiery of others in June 1834. Geo. Crewe Calke Abbey'.
Provenance
Given by the artist to Robert Shirley, 7th Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold, 1st Earl Ferrers PC (1650-1717); purchased by Sir George Crewe, 8th Bt (1795 – 1844) at the dismantling of Staunton Harold Hall, Leicestershire in 1834; acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with the aid of a grant provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government and transferred in lieu of tax on the estate of Charles Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1917 - 1981) to the National Trust with the house that was given by Henry Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1921- 1991), in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired by the National Trust with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1984)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: On the back "Sir Peter Lely/painted by himself. This portrait of himself by Sir Peter Lely was presented by him to the Earl of Ferrers in gratitude to the earl as his Patron, and was purchased by me at the unfortunate dismantling of the house at Staunton Harold by the Folly of some and the rapiery*of others in June 1834. Geo Crewe, Calke Abbey."
Makers and roles
Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist