The Hon. Ann Masham, Mrs Henry Hoare II (d.1727)
Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1725
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1016 mm (50 x 40 in)
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Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732235
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Hon. Ann Masham, Mrs Henry Hoare II (d.1727) by Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1656 – London 1743), circa 1725. A three-quarter-length portrait of Henry Hoare's first wife. She is wearing a white satin dress and holds out a piece of fruit in her right hand to a parrot who perches on the plinth of a classical column on the left.
Provenance
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)