Four Views from Dunster Castle: the Village of Dunster, with the Church in the centre, looking North West towards the Sea; Minehead in the distance
attributed to Robert Griffier
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1740
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
830 x 1340 x 50 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Dunster Castle, Somerset
NT 726661
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Four Views from Dunster Castle: the Village of Dunster, with the Church in the centre, looking North West towards the Sea; Minehead in the distance, attributed to Robert Griffier (London 1688 – London 1750) previously, English school, circa 1750.
Provenance
In Dunster Castle inventory, 1741, as in Little Parlour; in 1781 inventory, p.20 as in Long Passage; in 1910 inventory, p.39 as in Library Passage and as '4 very old views of Minehead, Dunster and Blue Anchor (much damaged)'. 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
attributed to Robert Griffier, artist previously catalogued as attributed to British (English) School, artist