An Unknown Young Man
Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1720 - 1730
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
762 x 635 mm (30 x 25 in)
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall (Accredited Museum)
On show at
Lanhydrock, Cornwall, South West, National Trust
NT 884981
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Young Man, attributed to Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739), circa 1720/30. A bust-length portrait of a youth in a painted oval, turned to the left, facing back to the viewer. The sitter was previously thought to be either Russell Robartes (d.1718) or John Robartes (1658-1774), brothers of the 2nd Earl of Radnor. He has a long wig and wears a brown coat with a white stock.
Provenance
by descent, until given by Gerald, 7th Viscount Clifden (1883-1966), with the transfer of the house to the National Trust in 1953
Credit line
Lanhydrock, The Robartes Collection (The National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
On the verso, in ink, on an oldish label on the back of the stretcher: Lord Robartes On the back of the frame, on a label: Harris[?] & Sons, The Devon and Cornwall Gallery, Plymouth, Frame No.: 1480 [?]
Makers and roles
Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739), artist attributed to Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739), artist British (English) School, artist previously catalogued as school of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723), artist previously catalogued as school of Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist
References
Lanhydrock House, Cornwall. Pictures [undated typescript, circa 1954], On the Oak Staircase