Mary Wynter, Mrs William I Blathwayt (1650-1691)
Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1689 - circa 1691
Materials
oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1016 mm (50 x 40 in)
Order this imageCollection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 453748
Caption
Mary Wynter was the heiress to the Dyrham Park estate, and she brought the property with her when she married William I Blathwayt (?1649–1717) in 1686, at the then comparatively late age of 36. She had been introduced to William through the diplomat and statesman Sir Robert Southwell (1635–1702), whose son Edward (1671–1730) was later married to the Blathwayt’s daughter Anne. Mary bore William I Blathwayt four children before her death five years after their marriage. Three of their children survived infancy: William (1688–1742) who inherited Dyrham Park on the death of his father; John (1690–1754), who went on to become a colonel; and Anne (1691–1717).
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, a portrait of Mary Wynter, Mrs William I Blathwayt (1650-1691), attributed to Michael Dahl, inscribed with the name of the sitter and biographical details, circa 1689-91. A three-quarter-length portrait of a middle-aged woman, seated, wearing an amber dress with a blue cloak around her shoulders, a curtain in the background to the left and a terracotta urn behind her to the right. Her left hand is raised above her shoulder, holding a chiffon veil.
Provenance
Presumably painted for William I Blathwayt (?1649-1717); Indigenous collection purchased by Ministry of Works in 1956 and given to Dyrham Park in 1961
Credit line
Dyrham Park, The Blathwayt Collection (acquired by the Ministry of Works via the National Land Fund in 1956, and transferred to the National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Lower right: No.2 Mary Wife of William Blathwayt Esqr: / Daughter & Sole Heiress of John Wynter Esqr.: / Ld: of ye Manors of Dirham & Hinton. / by Frances Gerrard of Trent Somerset / obt 1691
Makers and roles
Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743), artist