Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)
after Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
356 x 305 mm (14 x 12 in)
Order this imageCollection
Florence Court, County Fermanagh
NT 631083
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), after Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), 17th century. A bust-length portrait, in armour, in a sculptured cartouche. According to label after an original painting in the Pitti Palace - or an engraving.
Provenance
The Earl of Enniskillen, (Florence Court?) (blue-bordered label: The Earl of/Enniskillen/FL1. (?) [no red-bordered label]; removed from Florence Court by the 6th Earl & Countess in 1973; posthumous inventory of the effects of Nancy, Css. of Enniskillen at Kinloch House, Amulree, Perthshire, 22 Dec. 1998, The Front Hall Middle Passageway, no.629; purchased by the National Trust in 1999 by Private Treaty sale
Credit line
Florence Court, The Enniskillen Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: old label on back inscr. in ink: Oliver Cromwell
Makers and roles
after Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist