An Unknown Young Man wearing a Red Cloak and a Lace Cravat
attributed to Thomas Hawker (c.1640 – c.1725)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1660 - 1725
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
750 x 620 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290275
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Young Man wearing a Red Cloak and a Lace Cravat, attributed to Thomas Hawker (c.1640 – c.1725), previously attributed to Wissing. A half- length portrait of a young man, turned to the left gazing at the spectator with long brown hair, wearing a hat a red coat and a lace cravat. Hawker may have been the chief assistant to Lely at the time of his death in 1680, and was his close but pedestrian disciple.
Provenance
Acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with the aid of a grant provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government and transferred in lieu of tax on the estate of Charles Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1917 - 1981) to the National Trust with the house that was given by Henry Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1921- 1991), in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired by the National Trust with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1984)
Makers and roles
attributed to Thomas Hawker (c.1640 – c.1725), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Willem Wissing (Amsterdam 1656 - Burghley House 1687), artist