A Young Man, formerly known as William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire (1617-1684)
Cornelius Johnson (London 1593 - Utrecht 1661)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1631 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
740 x 600 mm
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129187
Summary
Oil painting on panel, A Young Man, formerly known as William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire (1617-1684) by Cornelius Johnson (London 1593 - Utrecht 1661), signed bottom right - C.J. fecit 1631. A half length portrait of a young man, to left, wearing black slashed dress and white lace collar by Cornelis Jonson. Ginger hair and grey-blue eyes. .
Provenance
By descent until, following the death of Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895 - 1950), Hardwick Hall and its contents were accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death duties and transferred to the National Trust, in 1959
Credit line
Hardwick Hall, The Devonshire Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Cornelius Johnson (London 1593 - Utrecht 1661), artist