Sir John Glynne (1603-1666)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1245 x 990 mm
Order this imageCollection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1421767
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir John Glynne (1603-1666), British (English) School, 17th century. A three-quarter-length portrait, to left standing frontal, robed (as P/48); column to right.
Provenance
Possibly inherited by, or given to, the sitter's son-in-law, Sir Robert Williams, 2nd Bt (c.1629 - 1680); passed thereafter with Penryhn or Cochwilliam;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
British (English) School, artist