Mary Cowan, Mrs Alexander Stewart (1713–1788)
attributed to Andrea Soldi (Florence c.1703 - London 1771)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1737 - 1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1257 x 1003 mm (49 1/2 x 39 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1221297
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Mary Cowan, Mrs Alexander Stewart (1713–1788), by Andrea Soldi (Florence c.1703 - London 1771), circa 1737. A three-quarter-length portrait of a woman with fair hair, seated, turned to the left, wearing a blue dress with a pink bow, and white drapery. She rests her left elbow on a table, and points to the left with her right hand. She married Alexander Stewart in 1737.The artist returned from the Levant to London in 1736 and painted in Scotland c. 1756-58.
Provenance
AIL transfer from HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Inscibed in pencil and in chalk at the bottom of the stretcher: No. 2
Makers and roles
attributed to Andrea Soldi (Florence c.1703 - London 1771), artist