An Unknown Man
Mary Beale (Barrow 1633 – London 1699)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1653 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1510 x 1280 x 80 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Dunster Castle, Somerset
NT 726066
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Man by Mary Beale (Barrow 1633 – London 1699). A three-quarter-length portrait, seated to right, wearing gold-embroidered surcoat, lace cravat and full-bottomed wig; behind, a column partly obscured by a curtain.
Provenance
Previously on loan, 1975; gift of Lt-Col Geoffrey Walter Fownes Luttrell (1919 – 2007) to the National Trust in 1981
Credit line
Dunster Castle, The Luttrell Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Mary Beale (Barrow 1633 – London 1699), artist