Geertruid Johanna Quirina van der Duyn, Countess of Albemarle (1674 -1741)
school of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1701
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1245 x 991 mm (49 x 39 in)
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Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1220986
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Geertruid Johanna Quirina van der Duyn, Countess of Albemarle (1674 -1741), school of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723). A three-quarter-length portrait of the Countess of Albemarle, seated in a landscape, turned to the right, wearing a blue dress and holding a garland of flowers.
Provenance
Gifted to the National Trust from Lady Mairi Bury (1921-2009) 1976
Credit line
Mount Stewart, The Londonderry Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Lower right: Countess of Albemarle / wife to Arnold. Joorst. / Earl of Albemarle On the frame, top right: 228 On the frame tablet: ISABELLA GERTRUDE QUIRINA VANDER DENIJN , BORN DIED 1741. DAUGHTER OF ADAM VANDER DENIJN, / LORD OF ST GRAVEMOER, MARRIED ARNOLD JOOST VAN KEPPEL, LORD OF VOORST, AFTERWARDS 1ST EARL OF ALBEMARLE. K.G., SIR GODFREY KNELLER
Makers and roles
school of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist