John Murray, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquess of Athol (1631-1703) or an Unknown Commander
Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1670
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1230 x 984 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 1139958
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Possibly John Murray, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquess of Athol (1631-1703) or an Unknown Commander by Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), circa 1670. Inscribed in yellow script, top centre left: Ld. Allington [William Alington, 1st Baron Alington of Killard (1610/11-c.1648)]. A three-quarter-length portrait of a young man, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, dressed alla romana, in a cuirass, his left hand on a baton, his right hand gesturing forward, palm upraised, wearing a broad, flat-topped, long wig, pale brown cloak billowing at the back, drapery in the background on the right, a stone window on the left, showing a landscape with a distant horizon and cloudy sky .
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)
Makers and roles
Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist