An Unknown Man
Spanish School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
978 x 851 mm (38 1/2 x 33 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Spain
Order this imageCollection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1421746
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Man, Spanish School, circa 1700. A three-quarter-length portrait, to left, seated to right at a table, wearing black with a small white collar.
Provenance
Bought by Colonel the Hon. Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn of Llandegai (1800 – 1886) as Velazquez;thence by descent to Hugh Napier Douglas Pennant, 4th Baron Penrhyn of Llangedai (1894 – 1949), who left Penryhn and its estates to his niece, Lady Janet Marcia Rose Pelham (1923 - 1997), who with her husband John Charles Harper, thereupon assumed the name of Douglas Pennant, and in 1951 made over the castle and part of its contents in lieu of death-duties to HM Treasury (from the estate of Hugh, 4th Baron Penrhyn (1894 – 1949), which transferred them to the National Trust
Credit line
Penrhyn Castle, The Douglas Pennant Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Spanish School, artist previously catalogued as attributed to Diego Velázquez (Seville 1599 - Madrid 1660), artist