Reputedy Sir Richard Edgcumbe KB MP (1640-1688)
possibly Anglo-Dutch School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1650
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
762 x 635 mm (30 x 25 in)
Order this imageCollection
Cotehele, Cornwall
NT 348075
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Reputedly Sir Richard Edgcumbe KB, MP (1640 - 1688), possibly Anglo-Dutch School, circa 1650. A bust-length painted oval portrait, slightly to right, facing, of a man believed to be Sir Richard Edgcumbe, in a painted oval, wearing a dark wig, white cravat and a brown cloak with red turnover which has previously, mistakenly, been taken for the riband of the Order of Bath.
Provenance
Left at the property when Cotehele was accepted in lieu of tax from Kenelm, 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (1873–1965) and transferred to the National Trust in 1947; and amongst the contents accepted in lieu of estate duty by HM Treasury and transferred to the National Trust in 1974
Credit line
Cotehele, The Edgcumbe Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
possibly Anglo-Dutch School, artist after Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist previously catalogued as attributed to British (English) School, artist