Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (1688-1765)
Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1717 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2388 x 1422 mm (94 x 56 in)
Order this imageCollection
Knole, Kent
NT 129903
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (1688-1765) by Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723), in black mid-right: G. Kneller Bart 1717 (GK in monogram); in yellow back-left: LIONEL CRANFIELD SACKVILL / DUKE OF DORSET / &c. A full-length portrait of a man, turned slightly to the left, gazing at the spectator, his left hand on his hip his right hand holding his plumed hat, his left leg thrust forward in a pose, he is wearing a powdered wig and full coronation robes, white stockings with Garter, the Garter chain and Garter badge on his blue cloak. He stands on a checkered floor.
Provenance
In 1799 inv.: “Lionel Duke of Dorset Kneller”, in the Ball Room; 1828 inv., ibid (no. 418); on loan from the Trustees of the Sackville Estate
Credit line
Knole, The Sackville Collection
Makers and roles
Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), publisher
References
Ingamells, 2009: John Ingamells, Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, National Portrait Gallery, London, 2009, pp. 78-79