Sir William Morley KB (1637/8 -1701)
attributed to Samuel van Hoogstraten (Dordrecht 1627 – Dordrecht 1678)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1662
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
762 x 635 mm (30 x 25 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Killerton, Devon (Accredited Museum)
On show at
Killerton, Devon, South West, National Trust
NT 922283
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir William Morley KB (1637/8 - 1701) of Halnaker Hall, Stoke D'Abernon attributed to Samuel van Hoogstraten (1626-1678), formerly attributed to Gerard Soest (c.1600-1681). Dated 1662. Portrait of a young man, half-length, turned towards the right, gazing at spectator. He has a full brown curled wig, falling to below his sholders and is wearing a black jerkin, white shirt, white lace cravat and red sash of the Order of the Bath with jewel suspended from it at his waist. Turned towards the right, wearing a black jerkin, white shirt and red sash of the Bath, with jewel suspended from it.
Provenance
By inheritance, through Cecily Wroth, wife of Sir Hugh Acland, 6th Bt; accepted in lieu by HM Government and transferred to the National Trust in 1995
Credit line
Killerton, The Acland Collection (accepted in lieu by HM Government and transferred to The National Trust in 1995)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Inscribed bottom right, in house style: Sir William Morley / of Halnaker / 1662 Recto: Gilt tablet affixed to frame: Inscribed: Sir William Morley,KB, / died 1701
Makers and roles
attributed to Samuel van Hoogstraten (Dordrecht 1627 – Dordrecht 1678), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Gilbert Soest (Soest c.1605 – London 1681), artist previously catalogued as manner of John Michael Wright (London 1617 - London 1694), artist