An Unknown Lady
manner of Paulus van Somer the elder (Antwerp 1576 – London 1621)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1615 - circa 1620
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2240 x 1365 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1422013
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Lady, manner of Paulus van Somer the elder (Antwerp 1576 – London 1621), previously attributed to Daniel Mytens the elder (Delft c.1590 – The Hague 1648), circa 1615/20.
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; accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust in 2005 (estate of Lady Janet Marcia Rose Douglas Pennant (d. 1997)
Makers and roles
manner of Paulus van Somer the elder (Antwerp 1576 – London 1621), artist attributed to Daniel Mytens the elder (Delft c.1590 – The Hague 1648), artist