Nigel Nicolson (1917 - 2004)
Roderigo Moynihan (Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1910 - 1990)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1987 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
756 x 635 mm (29 3/4 x 25 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 803033
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Nigel Nicolson (1917 - 2004) by Roderigo Moynihan (Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1910 - 1990), signed and dated Moynihan 87 [1987]. A half-length portrait, turned to the left, gazing to the left, wearing a white polo-neck sweater. Neither a good nor inspiring likeness – in contrast to Moynihan’s portrait of the sitter’s elder brother, Ben.
Provenance
Commissioned by the National Trust's Foundation for Art (with a contribution from Mr Nicholson), 1987
Marks and inscriptions
'Moynihan, '87'
Makers and roles
Roderigo Moynihan (Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1910 - 1990), artist