An Old Man in Armour (in imitation of Titian)
attributed to John Vanderbank the younger (London 1694 - London 1739)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1694 - 1739
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
750 x 620 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290412
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Old Man in Armour, attributed to John Vanderbank the younger (London 1694 - London 1739), in imitation of Titian. A portrait of an old man, half length, dressed in armour. He is shown three-quarter view, within a painted oval. He has a long grey beard and grey hair. His armour is fastened with round-headed pins. Isabel Harpur Crewe thought this was Sir Henry Harpur, 1st Bt (d. 1638) whilst others believed it to be Sir John Harpur of Swarkestone. In fact it is likely to be mid eighteenth century painting; there was a fashion at the time to produce fancy pictures of bogus ancestors inspired by Old Masters.
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 John Vanderbank the younger (London 1694 - London 1739), artist imitator of Titian (Pieve di Cadore 1488/90 - Venice 1576), artist