Nicholas Elton (1544-1587)
Anglo-Flemish School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1584 (inscribed and dated)
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
356 x 318 mm (14 x 12 /12 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Clevedon Court, North Somerset
NT 624172
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Nicholas Elton (1544-1587), Anglo-Flemish School, inscribed with a merchant's mark and dated 1584 on the right and the Elton arms on the left. A portrait, possibly of Nicholas Elton, head and shoulders, turned slightly to the left, gazing at spectator, he has very short dark brown hair and a pale brown drooping moustache. He is wearing a black toublet and white linen ruff. He was a London wool merchant of the Company of Merchant Taylors, possibly related to the Eltons of the Hazle.
Provenance
Bought by Sir Arthur Hallam Elton; purchased from Lady Margaret Ann Elton (1915 – 1995), 1981 with the help of grants from the V&A Purchase Fund and the NHMF
Marks and inscriptions
Top right:: Painted: 4 E 1584
Makers and roles
Anglo-Flemish School, artist previously catalogued as attributed to British (English) School, artist
References
Clevedon Court [The National Trust] revised 1972, 1974, 1977, 1979, p.27: "The State Room...Over the mantelpiece hangs the oldest picture in the house of Nicholas Elton, dated 1584. It bears his merchant's mark, a rebus made up of 4, the sign of Hermes, God of merchants and the initial E."