An Unknown Lady
Jonathan Richardson the elder (London 1665 – London 1745)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1740 - 1745
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
991 x 686 mm (39 x 27 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk
NT 1210284
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Lady by Jonathan Richardson the elder (London 1665 – London 1745). A three-quarter-length portrait of of a young woman, moving to the left, head turned slightly to the right, gazing at the spectator. Wearing a deep blue decollete dress which is gathered up at the left hip and edged with narrow lace. The slashed shoulder reveals a white undersleeve on the left arm. The left hand clasps a grey fichu to the breast. Fichu falls from the right shoulder. Her brown hair is swept back from a centre parting, following the line of her neck, to fall over her right shoulder. Dark background, but a tree and blue sky are visible at top, left corner.
Provenance
1913 list , no, 30 as 'Portrait of a Lady in a blue dress'; given to the National Trust by Sybil Lyne-Stephens, Lady Paston-Bedingfeld (1883 – 1985), 1961
Makers and roles
Jonathan Richardson the elder (London 1665 – London 1745), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739), artist