Lady Mary Robartes (d.1741) with her son Henry, later 3rd Earl of Radnor (c.1695-1741)
Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1016 mm (50 x 40 in)
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 884940
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lady Mary Booth, Lady Mary Robartes (d.1741) with her Son Henry, later 3rd Earl of Radnor (c.1695-1741) by Michael Dahl, (Stockholm 1656- London 1743), circa 1700. A three-quarter length portrait Lady Mary Robartes née Booth, daughter of the 1st Earl of Warrington, wife of Russell Robartes whom she maried in 1694 and their son Henry. She is standing, facing, her left arm resting on a pedestal, wearing a white dress and blue cloak; her right arm is held around the shoulder of her son, who is dressed in red and leans against her.
Provenance
by inheritance, through the 3rd Earl's sister, Mary Vere Robartes; 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
Recto: (on gilt label on frame) Lady Mary Robartes and her son Henry,/afterwards 3rd. Earl of Radnor. Verso: in ink on old labels on stretcher and frame: No 4
Makers and roles
Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist