An Unknown Young Lady in a Blue Dress
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1200 x 650 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 436178
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Young Lady in a Blue Dress, British (English) School, previously attributed to Gerard Soest (Soest c.1600 – London 1681). A three-quarter-length portrait of a young woman, turned slightly to the left, gazing at the spectator, wearing a blue dress with a darker blue mantle.
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
British (English) School, artist previously catalogued as attributed to Gilbert Soest (Soest c.1605 – London 1681), artist