Possibly Robert Myddelton (1678-1733)
Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1730
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1405 x 1152 x 43 mm
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Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1171119
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Possibly Robert Myddelton (1678-1733), attributed to Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1656/9 – London 1743), circa 1730. A three-quarter-length portrait of a mature man, seated and gazing at the spectator, wearing a white stock, full-bottomed wig and plum-coloured robe, his right hand resting on his knee and left forearm resting on a table, upon which lies a book inscribed 'Tasso'. Possibly Robert Myddelton, son of Richard Myddelton (1631 -1700) and Elizabeth Ryder. Formerly catalogued as a potrait of Joseph Addison (1672-1719) who was married to Charlotte, Countess of Warwick (1680 - 1731).
Full description
Associated with Chirk Castle
Provenance
Probably seen by John Loveday on his visit to Chirk on 17th July 1733; with some of the contents, in 1978, that were acquired along with Chirk Castle from Lt-Col Ririd Myddelton (1902–1988) by the National Land Fund and handed, on loan for 99 years, to the Secretary of State for Wales (In 1981 Chirk was transferred into the ownership of the National Trust); on loan to the Trust from Guy Charles Myddelton. Gifted to Guy C Myddelton from Captain David Myddelton in 2010. Purchased by the National Trust from Mr Guy Myddelton in 2023.
Credit line
Chirk Castle, The Myddelton Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
TASSO (book on table top)
Makers and roles
Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743), artist British (English) School, artist
References
Chirk Castle 2001 Timothy Sammons Ltd, London, Inventory and Valuation of selected chattels at Chirk Castle. Offered by private treaty to the National Trust, 2001, p. 20, no.340 Steegman 1957 John Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, Vol.I: North Wales, Cardiff, 1957, no. 55 Markham 1984: Sarah Markham (ed.) John Loveday of Caversham, Wilton, 1984, pp.155 and 494