Called Lady Frances Cranfield, Countess of Dorset (d.1687)
attributed to John Weesop (fl.1641 - 1649) (d.1652)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1641 - 1649
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1181 x 978 mm (46 1/2 x 38 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 20946
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Called Lady Frances Cranfield, Countess of Dorset (d.1687), attributed to John Weesop (fl.1641 - London 1649). A three-quarter-length portrait of Frances Cranfield, Countess of Dorset, standing wearing a blue and white satin dress with a grey wrap, holding a spray of roses.
Provenance
Purchase by George Abraham Gibbs (1873 - 1931) from Shepherd Bros., 1910, for £450, subsequently, purchased by the National Trust from the estate of the late George Richard Lawley Gibbs, 2nd Lord Wraxall (1928 – 2001) with the assistance of the NHMF, Art Fund and donations from members and supporters in 2002
Credit line
Tyntesfield, The Gibbs Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
attributed to John Weesop (fl.1641 - 1649) (d.1652), publisher previously catalogued as circle of Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), publisher