An Unknown Lady
manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1690
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1030 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290433
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Lady, in the manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723), 1690. A three-quarter-length portrait of a young lady shown seated, wearing a claret-coloured dress. She rests her right elbow on a table, her hand touching her shoulder. To the left is a landscape, but she sits against a dark background.
Provenance
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)
Makers and roles
manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist