Child with a Lamb (possibly the Hon. Anne Masham (d.1727), later Mrs Henry II Hoare)
manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1740
Materials
Oil on canvas (oval)
Measurements
737 x 584 mm (29 x 23 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732346
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (oval), Child with a Lamb (possibly the Hon. Anne Masham (d.1727), later Mrs Henry II Hoare), manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), circa 1740. The child, sits in fornt of a tree in a landscape. She wears a pink dress with a blue shawl and holds the lamb on her lap, looking towards the left, and strewn with flowers.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of the contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist