Personification of Africa
attributed to British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1665
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
1950 x 1460 x 55 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Dunster Castle, Somerset
NT 726149
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Personification of Africa, attributed to English School, circa 1665. A painted sculpture bust of a woman, wearing and surrounded by attributes of the African continent. She wears a white feathered skirt, a pearl necklace and pearl earrings. The bust sits on a plinth in an oval sculptural niche surrounded by flowers and leaves. In front of the plinth is the head of an elephant. See also at Dunster Castle: Personfication of America (NT 726151), Personification of Europe (NT 726146), Personfication of Asia (NT 726148).
Provenance
Not recorded in 18th and 19th century inventories; discovered in Dunster Castle summerhouse,1976
Credit line
Dunster Castle, The Luttrell Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
attributed to British (English) School, publisher