An Unknown Duchess
manner of Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1275 x 1020 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129301
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Duchess in the manner of Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1656/9 – London 1743). A three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing, wearing a pale green dress and blue cloak. Enlarged from a circular head and shoulders painting.
Provenance
By descent until, following the death of the 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 Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743), artist