An Unknown Man
Edward Bower (fl. London 1629 – d. London 1667)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1629 - 1667
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2500 x 1650 x 100 mm
Order this imageCollection
Dunster Castle, Somerset (Accredited Museum)
NT 726087
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Man by Edward Bower (fl. London 1629 – d.London 1667), signed: Bower fecit. A full-length portrait of a man dressed as a cavalier in black slashed doublet and black hose, with white lace cuffs and large collar, leather boots and sword, standing on a terrace with a balustrade joining the plinths of twisted columns, his hat on a table beside him. Traditionally said to be a member of the Fownes family.
Provenance
In Dunster Castle 1910 inventory, p.38 as in Outer Hall; and thence by descent; previously on loan, 1975; gift of Lt-Col Geoffrey Walter Fownes Luttrell (1919 – 2007) to the National Trust in 1981
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed with sitter's age 24 and date 1638. Signed and dated - Bower fecit
Makers and roles
Edward Bower (fl. London 1629 – d. London 1667)
References
Lyte 1909 Sir H. C. Maxwell Lyte, History of Dunster, and of the families of Mohun & Luttrell. London 1909, Lyte p.382