An Unknown Lady
studio of Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1665
Materials
oil on canvas
Measurements
1257 x 997 mm (49 1/2 x 39 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 996331
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Lady, by the studio of Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), circa 1665. A three-quarter-length portrait of a lady, standing in a landscape, turned to the right, wearing a blue dress with a brown cloak, and gesturing with her left hand.
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
studio of Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist