A Lady in Blue
Unknown artist
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Oil on glass
Measurements
135 x 109 mm
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1336380
Summary
Oil painting on glass, A Lady in Blue, Unknown artist. Oval head and shoulders portrait painted on glass. A lady with blue eyes and brown hair in 16th or 17th century style clothing. Wearing a blue dress with square neckline, large white sleeves and white ruff-style starched collar. Red cloak (?) over shoulders and white lace veil. Pearl and emerald hair ornament at crown of head and pearl drop earrings. Portrait set into oval gilded metal mount within a dark wood, glazed frame.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Unknown artist, artist