Possibly Dorothy Spencer, Countess of Halifax (1640-1670)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2220 x 1490 mm
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Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129283
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Possibly Dorothy Spencer, Countess of Halifax (1640-1670), British (English) School. A full-length portrait, profile to right, head facing, standing by a table on which is a coronet; she wears coronation robes over a white satin dress, her hands crossed in front. [?]
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
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist