Martha Stonehouse, Mrs Arthur Vansittart (d.1782)
Jonathan Richardson the elder (London 1665 – London 1745)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1740 - 1760
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2311 x 1141 mm (91 x 56 3/4 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499958
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Martha Stonehouse, Mrs Arthur Vansittart (d.1782) by Jonathan Richardson the elder (1665-1745). Full-length portrait of a woman, standing, turned slightly to right, facing, gazing at the spectator, with long dark brown hair, wearing a blue silk gown with low neckline, front fastening left open, revealing a white chemise and three-quarter-length sleeves with decorative edge, a blue/green cloak draped around her. Her right hand at her bosom holding a lace handkerchief, a wreath of pink flowers (roses ?) round the wrist of her extended left arm. Set in a landscape with an orange tree in a large urn to left.
Provenance
Bequest of Lady Sarita Enriqueta Vansittart (d. 1985)
Marks and inscriptions
Richardson pinxt (painted to bottom right of canvas, later addition)
Makers and roles
Jonathan Richardson the elder (London 1665 – London 1745), artist