John Lovelace, 3rd Baron Lovelace (c.1638/42-1693)
Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1677 - circa 1680
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1425 x 1176 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Dinefwr, Carmarthenshire
NT 869196
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, John Lovelace, 3rd Baron Lovelace (c.1638/42-1693) by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), circa 1660-70. A seated three-quarter length portrait of a man, turned to the left but facing, previously called Sir Edward Rice (1631- 1664) in a dark russet suit and lace cravat. His right arm rests on a table on the left and his spaniel appears below. Beyond, on the left is a landscape and figures. Another version is at Attingham Park.
Provenance
By descent; acquired by the National Trust from Richard Charles Uryan Rhys, 9th Baron Dynevor (1935 – 2008), with the aid of the NHMF in 1997
Credit line
Newton House, Dinefwr, The Dynevor Collection (The National Trust)
Makers and roles
Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist previously catalogued as circle of John Michael Wright (bap. London 1617 - London 1694), artist
References
Steegman 1962 John Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, Vol. II: Houses in South Wales, Cardiff 1962, p.57, no. 2