George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (after Balthasar Denner)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
813 x 673 mm (32 x 26 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Fenton House, London
NT 1449088
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (after Balthasar Denner), British (English) School, 19th century. An oval painted quarter-length portrait of a man, in powdered full-bottom wig of the fashion of around 1725; three-quarter face looking towards his right, in an oval, with yellow coat. An authentic version of this painting is in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 1976) and on loan to Beningbrough Hall (NT), Yorkshire.
Provenance
Major George Henry Benton Fletcher (1866-1944), Old Devonshire House, Bloomsbury, London (given by him to National Trust in 1937; house perished in an air raid);
Credit line
Fenton House, The Benton Fletcher Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist after Balthasar Denner (Hamburg 1685 - Rostock 1749), artist