Sir Robert Williams, 2nd Bt (c.1629-1680)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1257 x 991 mm (49 1/2 x 39 in)
Order this imageCollection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1421760
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir Robert Williams, 2nd Bt (c.1629-1680), British (English) School, 17th century. A three-quarter-length portrait of a young man, of 16-18, the nephew of Archbishop Williams, who married Jane, a daughter of Sir John Glynne of Hawardenm, facing to the left in armour; buff sleeves; right elbow on column. See (P/48).
Provenance
?passed with Penrhyn or Cochwilliam; thence by descent to Hugh, 4th Baron Penrhyn (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 Napier Douglas Pennant, 4th Baron Penrhyn of Llangedai (1894 – 1949), which transferred them to the National Trust for display at Penrhyn Castle, 1961.
Credit line
Penrhyn Castle, The Douglas Pennant Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist previously catalogued as after Willem Wissing (Amsterdam 1656 - Burghley House 1687), artist