John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgwater, MP (1646-1701)
Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1666 - 1701
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
930 x 810 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 435943
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgwater, MP (1646-1701) by Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646/9-1723). A painted oval half-length portrait of a nobleman, wearing a breastplate and white lace cravat.
Provenance
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) from Edward John Peregrine Cust, 7th Baron Brownlow, C. St J. (b.1936) in 1984
Credit line
Belton House, The Brownlow Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund by the National Trust in 1984)
Makers and roles
Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Willem Wissing (Amsterdam 1656 - Burghley House 1687), artist