Charlotte de la Trémoille, Countess of Derby (1599 – 1664)
after Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1670 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
787 x 629 mm (31 x 24 3/4 in)
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 500449
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Charlotte de la Trémoille, Countess of Derby (1599 – 1664), after Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641), late 17th century. A half-length portrait, without hands, turned slightly right and looking out; dressed in white, with large pearl ear-rings, a pearl necklace, and two rows of pearls over her breast and shoulders, fastened to a lace collar by three pink ribbons, together with a third row of pearls over her breast, fastened by a large, cruciform, diamond jewel with a large pearl drop; plain dark background. Pair to 500450 (7th Earl of Derby).
Provenance
Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust, 2011. First recorded in the 1879 Lyme inventory, p.44: Drawing Room, ‘Countess of Derby his lady’, but the inscription would suggest that it had been there since the 18th century; 1929 Lyme inventory, p.22: Drawing Room: ‘A pair of half lengths profile portrait of the Earl Derby beheaded at Bolton 1651 Charlotte Tremouille (his wife) full face and wearing a low cut dress (canvas measuring 23″ by 27″) facsimiles of pictures at Knowsley.’; by descent to Richard, 5th Lord Newton (b.1950), and his brother, the Hon. David Legh (b.1951); accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Trust, 2011.
Credit line
Lyme Park, The Legh Collection (accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Trust, 2011)
Marks and inscriptions
Mid-left: in yellow: Countess of / Derby / Lady to the Earl / of Derby that was Beheaded: Verso, on the top member of the stretcher: in pencil (with the same flowing 'N' as the inscriptions on the back of the canvases): No 31; on a paper label in blue crayon: 22, under: L.H. Open / Panel; and in pencil, top l.h. corner: No 2 / to Stag Parlour
Makers and roles
after Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641), artist