Henry Robartes, 3rd Earl of Radnor (c.1695-1741), aged 9
Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1704
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1016 mm (50 x 40 in)
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 884899
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Henry Robartes, 3rd Earl of Radnor (c. 1695 - 1741), aged 9 by Michael Dahl (1656/9 - 1743), circa 1704, painted in gold, bottom left: Henry Robartes Earl of Radnor Ætat.9. Previously attributed to Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1656 – London 1743). A full-length portrait, standing in a park with his hand on a sheep's head. He has long fair hair and wears a blue velvet coat with a large pink sash across him and over one arm.
Provenance
By inheritance and descent, until given by Gerald, 7th Viscount Clifden (1883-1966), with the transfer of the house to the National Trust in 1953
Credit line
Lanhydrock, The Robartes Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
(on label) HENRY, 3rd Earl of Radnor/SIR HENRY KNELLER
Makers and roles
Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743), artist British (English) School, artist previously catalogued as attributed to Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist