An Unknown Lady, possibly Lady Dorothy Savile, Countess of Burlington and Countess of Cork (1699-1758)
manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1720 - 1758
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1240 x 1010 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129223
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Lady, possibly Lady Dorothy Savile, Countess of Burlington and Countess of Cork (1699-1758), manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723). Half-length portrait, seated, facing, wearing a blue dress and brown cloak, orange blossom in her right hand.
Provenance
In Lady Louisa Cavendish 1860 catalogue of Hardwick Hall; thence by inheritance 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
manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist