An Unknown Man in Armour
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1685 - 1695
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1200 x 991 mm (47 1/4 x 39 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 996290
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Young Man in Armour with a key of office, English School, c.1685/95. A three-quarter-length portrait of an unknown man, in armour, with a key hanging at his waist with a blue ribbon. His left hand is placed on a parapet and his right is holding a baton. In the distance, in the left background, a battle is being fought.
Provenance
Given by Matilda Theresa Talbot (formerly Gilchrist-Clark) (1871 – 1958), who gave the Abbey, the village of Lacock and the rest of the estate to the National Trust in 1944, along with 96 of the family portraits and other pictures, in 1948
Credit line
Lacock Abbey, The Talbot Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist