Frances Hunt (b. 1689)
manner of Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
730 x 597 mm
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 884951
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Frances Hunt by Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739), circa 1700. A half- length portrait of the second daughter of John Hunt of Mollington, Cheshire, facing, wearing blue satin dress. Companion picture to LAN.P.60 and P.63
Provenance
In 1845 inventory as Gervas;by inheritance, through the sitter's brother, Thomas II Hunt, 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
(in gilt on label on frame) FRANCES, d. of John Hunt./JERVAS
Makers and roles
manner of Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743), artist attributed to Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739), artist previously catalogued as attributed to British (English) School, artist