Reputedly Arthur and Elizabeth Chute, but probably Margaret Fiennes, 11th Baroness Dacre (1541-1611/12) and her Husband, Sampson Lennard (1543/44 -1615)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1600 - 1610
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1350 x 1730 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Vyne Estate, Hampshire
NT 719435
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Reputedly Arthur and Elizabeth Chute, but probably Margaret Fiennes, 11th Baroness Dacre (1541-1611/12) and her Husand, Sampson Lennard (1543/44 -1615), British (English) School, circa 1600. Inscribed in lower spandrels, respectively below figure of man and woman: Æ 80 & Æ 70; between the two figures, in Latin: Pura qui Domino fide orabit / Huic pacem venia dabit [The faithful have eternal happiness] and on the letter, in Spanish: El los fieles / felicidad/para siempre [He who prays to God with complete faith will be granted salvation]. A painted horizontal oval of two three-quarter length portraits, seated; he is at the right, wearing robes of, possibly of a chancellor and holding a piece of paper with the spanish inscription; she sits opposite, dressed in mourning, a book in her right hand. Arthur and Elizabeth Chute were the grandparents of Chaloner Chute, The Speaker. The man is aged 80 and the woman aged 70. Believed to be receiving the news of their son's death.
Credit line
The Vyne, The Chute Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist