Chirk Castle from the South
Pieter Tillemans (Antwerp 1684 – Suffolk 1734)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1726 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1145 x 2135 x 55 mm
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Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1171162
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Chirk Castle from the South by Pieter Tillemans (Antwerp 1684 – Suffolk 1734), signed: Peiter [sic] Tillemans F 1726 [?]. A view of Chirk Castle from the south, showing the rear of the castle before Pugin redesigned the stables. With the Mill at left and Bath-house, long-since demolished, at right. The scene shows activities on the estate such as charcoal-burning (left) and haymaking (centre). Painted for Robert Myddelton (1678-1733), who is possibly the richly-dressed man on a white horse leading the cavalcade at centre, followed by other riders who may be his brother, John Myddelton (1685-1747), in red, their wives Anne and Mary, and members of the household, two of whom are in livery. The group ride up the hillside above Bron y Garth towards the foreground where Tillemans, the artist, can be seen painting at bottom right.
Full description
Associated with Chirk Castle
Provenance
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 by Guy Myddelton. Purchased by the National Trust from Mr Guy Myddelton in 2023.
Makers and roles
Pieter Tillemans (Antwerp 1684 – Suffolk 1734), artist