Mary Barber, Lady Jermyn (d.1679)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1245 x 991 mm (49 x 39 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 851978
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Mary Barber, Lady Jermyn (d.1679), British (English) School, 17th century. A three-quarter-length portrait of a woman, seated in a square-backed chair, facing left. She has brown curly hair and is wearing a low-cut, square-necked blue dress, edged with gold braid, with a fine lace collar and cuffs. She wears a string of large pearls and a pearl bracelet on each arm. Her right arm rests on the chair arm, her left in her lap.
Provenance
By descent to Rear Admiral Frederick William Fane Hervey, 4th Marquess of Bristol (1863-1951), on whose death valued for probate; accepted in lieu of tax by HM Treasury, and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Credit line
Ickworth, The Bristol Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to The National Trust in 1956)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist previously catalogued as attributed to Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641), artist