Peter Vansittart (1651-1705)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1666
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1245 x 1016 mm (49 x 40 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 500034
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Peter Vansittart (1651-1705), British (English School), 1666. A three-quarter-length portrait, seated on a wooden chair with barley-twist supports and red cushion, turned to the right, gazing at the spectator, He has a long brown curled wig, and is wearing a full-length brown spotted gown with white shirt and cravat. He holds in his right hand a note, which has an address impossible to read upside down but ends in London. His left arm rests on the chair arm. Set in an interior, brown drapery behind and a framed painting/window ? with landscape to the right.
Provenance
Bequest of Lady Sarita Enriqueta Vansittart (d. 1995)
Marks and inscriptions
PETER VANSITTART / d.1705 / (painted in black on gold plaque attached to frame)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist