Anne Reade, Mrs Myddelton (1674 - 1760)
Pieter Tillemans (Antwerp 1684 – Suffolk 1734)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1722
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1444 x 1203 x 57 mm
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Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1171130
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Anne Reade, Mrs Myddelton (1674 - 1760) by Pieter Tillemans (Antwerp 1684 – Suffolk 1734), circa 1722. A three-quarter-length portrait, of a young woman, turned slightly to the right, gazing to the right, seated on a stone bench, in a garden, wearing a blue dress over a white chemise, with a golden-brown cloak. Her left hand is at her side and her right elbow leans on a plinth which supports a vase containing an orange bush. In the background a formal garden, with topiary.
Full description
Associated with Chirk Castle
Provenance
This painting along with some of the contents were acquired in 1978 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 by Guy Myddelton. Purchased by the National Trust from Mr Guy Myddelton in 2023
Credit line
Chirk Castle, The Myddelton Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Signed (bottom left) P.Tillemans F. Verso: Label on back of frame, inscribed in ink: Gallery No.1
Makers and roles
Pieter Tillemans (Antwerp 1684 – Suffolk 1734), 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. 25. no.359 Laing 1989 Alastair Laing, ‘Changelings at Chirk Castle’, Country Life, 8 June 1989, pp.272 - 75