Elizabeth Cutler, Countess of Radnor (d. 1696)
studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1689
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1016 mm (50 x 40 in)
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 884939
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Elizabeth Cutler, Countess of Radnor (d. 1696), studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), circa 1689. A three-quarter length portrait of the wife of the 2nd Earl of Radnor, seated in a landscape, facing, wearing a red dress over a white chemise, a green cloak decorated with pearls across her lap.
Provenance
by 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 (The National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
(on gilt label on frame) ELIZABETH, d. of Sir John Cutler of Wimpole/wife of Charles, Earl of Radnor./DAHL Verso: on label on back of frame: Lord Robartes. Veeso: on labels on back of stretcher (transferred from old stretcher): i) Lucy, the second/Lady Robartes/painted by M. Beale; ii) beside this: The above is thought to be a/mistake, it should be/Elizabeth Countess of Radnor/painted by Michael Dahl/Mary Robartes 1889; iii) Robarts*/July 28/Frame 3 *cf. Mary Robartes's correction of the earlier label on P.56 from Isabella Countess of Radnor by Lely to 'Lucy the second Lady Robartes by M. Beale'.
Makers and roles
studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist after Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743), artist