Thomas Heyton
Thomas Leigh (fl.1634 – 1643)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1634 (signed in ligature and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
698 x 584 mm (27 1/2 x 23 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Trerice, Cornwall
NT 337038.1
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Thomas Heyton, by Thomas Leigh (fl.1634 – 1643), signed and dated: T L (TL in ligature) fecit 1634' and inscribed with a motto on the scroll: Pulvis Arte Servatus. / Artis non est Aeternare. [The mortal man is preserved by Art / But it is not within the capability of Art to immortalise]
Provenance
Given to the National Trust by Lady Spickernell, of Newbury, Berkshire, between 1954 and 1965.
Makers and roles
Thomas Leigh (fl.1634 – 1643), artist
References
Roberts and Tittler 2010 Stephanie Roberts and Robert Tittler, Discovering 'T. Leigh': tracking the elusive portrait painter through Stuart England and Wales, British Art Journal, 22 June 2010