An Unknown Boy
style of Edward Bower (fl.1629 – d. London 1667)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1640
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1995 x 1140 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Treasurer's House, North Yorkshire
NT 593153
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Boy, style of Edward Bower (fl. London 1629 – d.London 1667), circa 1640. A full-length portrait of a young boy, standing, turned slightly to the right, gazing at the spectator, his lelft hand rests on a table, on the right, which is covered with a gold cloth, on which his hat is placed; he wears a black coat and breeches edged with gold, lace ruff and cuffs and buckskin boots; a classical archway behind with red drapes to the left, and a view of a balustrade with a distant horizon.
Provenance
Acquired by Frank Green at an unknown date as 'William III as a Boy'; retitled as 'Youth Unknown'. Hung in Great Hall 1901-63, St Hall 1963-69, GT Hall 1969-72, storage (including at York Art Gallery from 1975), Great Hall 1993-date;. Gift of Francis 'Frank' William Green FSA (1861-1954), 1930
Credit line
Treasurer’s House, York, The Frank Green Gift (National Trust)
Makers and roles
style of Edward Bower (fl.1629 – d. London 1667), artist previously catalogued as after Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Paulus van Somer the elder (Antwerp 1576 – London 1621), artist previously catalogued as possibly Gilbert Soest (Soest c.1605 – London 1681), artist