Henry Hoare I (1677 - 1725)
Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1722
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 X 1016 mm (50 x 40 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732192
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Henry Hoare I (1677-1725) by Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1656 - London 1743), circa 1722. A three-quarter-length portrait of Henry Hoare I, who bought Stourhead estate and employed Colen Campbell to build the house, standing to the right. He is wearing a brown coat with buttons on the cuffs and chest. The coat is open slightly to reveal a matching waistcoat. He wears a long, grey powdered wig, a white stock around his neck and the frills of a white shirt are visible at the wrists. The base of a stone column fills the space behind the sitter to the right and he leans against and rests his right elbow on a stone pedestal at the left. In his right hand, Henry Hoare holds a partly unfurled scroll of plans for the façade of Stourhead. He gestures towards the right with his left hand, his index finger pointing downwards.
Provenance
[?] Brought from Wavendon by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare 6th Bt (1865 - 1947) and Alda Weston, Lady Hoare (d. 1847) in 1897; given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946.
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743), artist