Gilberta Talbot (d. 1746)
Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1677 (s&d on back of canvas)
Materials
Oil on canvas (oval)
Measurements
533 x 457 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 996303
Caption
Gilberta Talbot was the third, apparently illegitimate, daughter of Sir John Talbot (1630 – 1714) and Barbara Slingsby. It was painted with a pair of her sister, Barbara. Sir Godfrey Kneller was one of the most successful society painters of the age, expert in capturing the character of the sitter.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (oval), Gilberta Talbot (d. 1746), Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723), signed and dated: G Kneller [GK in monogram] Ao 1677 F.t. Shown as a girl, head and shoulders, facing in red dress an orange cloak with pearls around her neck. Companion picture to no 32. Third daughter of Sir John Talbot (1630 – 1714) and Barbara Slingsby; died unmarried (apparently illegitimate, cf. 1971 exh. cat.).
Provenance
presumably at the house since 1677, and thence by descent until given by Matilda Theresa Gilchrist-Clark Talbot (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
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
Marks and inscriptions
Back of canvas: signed and dated: G Kneller [GK in monogram] Ao 1677 F.t. On canvas, bottom middle: Gilberta, youngest Daughter / of Sir John Talbot
Makers and roles
Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist