An Unknown Gentleman
possibly British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1670
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
970 x 820 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 436123
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Gentleman, British (English) School or John Greenhill (Salisbury 1649 – London 1676) or Mary Beale (1633–1699), 1670. A painted oval half-length portrait of a gentleman, in a brown doublet and white collar.
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
possibly British (English) School, artist possibly John Greenhill (Salisbury c.1644 - London 1676), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Mary Beale (Barrow 1633 – London 1699), artist