Nell Gwynne (1651-1687) as a Shepherdess
manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1670 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1255 x 990 mm
Order this imageCollection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1421764
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Nell Gwynne (1651-1687) as a Shepherdess, manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723). A three-quarter-length portrait, seated as shepherdess; sheep and garland on left; lapdog right; putti top right.
Provenance
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 for display at Penrhyn Castle, 1961.
Credit line
Penrhyn Castle, The Douglas Pennant Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist