Possibly Mary Compton, Lady Bourchier (d.1700)
John Verelst (fl. 1698 - London 1734)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1699 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
762 x 635 mm (30 x 25 in)
Order this imageCollection
Beningbrough Hall, North Yorkshire
NT 1191137
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Possibly Mary Compton, Lady Bourchier (d.1700) by John Verelst (fl 1698 - London 1734), signed and dated 1699. A half-length portrait of lady wearing a blue/grey chemise with a clasp on her upper right sleeve, her hair in ringlets, thought to be the wife of Sir Barrington Bourchier.
Provenance
Accepted in lieu of tax from HM Treasury, from the estate of Lady Chesterfield (1878 -1957), in 1958
Marks and inscriptions
Verelst. F. 1699.
Makers and roles
John Verelst (fl. 1698 - London 1734), artist