A Hound looking up
Flemish School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1630 - 1669
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1321 x 876 mm (52 x 34 ½ in)
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Ham House, Surrey
NT 1139714
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Hound looking up by Flemish School, mid 17th century. A racing dog, wearing an elaborate collar, and looking up - evidently a fragment from a whole-length portrait of a sportsman, or a copy from a picture, that was once apparently at Longleat but now not known.
Provenance
Acquired in 1948 by HM Government when Sir Lyonel, 4th Bt (1854 – 1952) and Sir Cecil Tollemache, 5th Bt (1886 – 1969) presented Ham House to the National Trust, and entrusted to the care of the Victoria & Albert Museum, until 1990, when returned to the care of the National Trust, and to which ownership was transferred in 2002
Credit line
Ham House, The Dysart Collection (purchased by HM Government in 1948 and transferred to the National Trust in 2002)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: on a printed James Bourlet label: SIR L. TOLLEMACHE / NO31 [blue-bordered luggage label mostly torn off] Verso: in pencil: No.6; Verso: in chalk: Inner Hall; Verso: on a label, in pencil: 42
Makers and roles
Flemish School, artist previously catalogued as attributed to Paul de Vos (Hulst 1591/2 or 1595 - Antwerp 1678), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641), artist possibly Jan Boeckhorst (1605 - 1668), artist