An Unknown Gentleman in a Red Cloak over Armour
attributed to Ary de Vois (Utrecht 1631/32 - Leyden 1680)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1655 - 1680
Materials
Oil on copper
Measurements
235 x 168 mm (9 1/4 x 6 5/8 in)
Place of origin
Netherlands
Order this imageCollection
Ascott Estate, Buckinghamshire
NT 1535169
Summary
Oil painting on copper, An Unknown Gentleman in a Red Cloak over Armour, attributed to Ary de Vois (Utrecht 1631/32 - Leyden 1680) or mannner of Nicolas Largillière (Paris 1656 - Paris 1746). A head-and-shoulders portrait to the right, head facing, wearing a long wig, a red cloak knotted at his right shoulder and a large red cravat, over armour.
Provenance
Untraced provenance; given to tthe National Trust with Ascott by Anthony de Rothschild in 1949
Credit line
Ascott, The Anthony de Rothschild Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
attributed to Ary de Vois (Utrecht 1631/32 - Leyden 1680), artist previously catalogued as manner of Nicolas de Largillière (Paris 1656 - Paris 1746), artist previously catalogued as manner of Hyacinthe Rigaud (Perpignan 1659 – Paris 1743), artist
References
Ascott, Buckinghamshire, Scala, 2008 by John Martin Robinson and others [pictures entries by Karin Wolfe on basis of Gore entries, 1963 with contributions from Alastair Laing] , no. 131