Henry Robartes, 3rd Earl of Radnor (c.1695 - 1741) as a Boy
attributed to Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1710
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1232 x 978 mm (48 1/2 x 38 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 884954
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Henry Robartes, 3rd Earl of Radnor (c. 1695 - 1741) as a Boy, attributed to Michael Dahl (1656/9 - 1743), circa 1710. A three-quarter-length portrait of the son of Russell Robartes and Lady Mary, standing, wearing a long brown coat, his left hand holding a green and gold cord at his waist, his right resting on a circular table on which stands a globe; coupled columns, right.
Provenance
by inheritance and descent, until given by Gerald, 7th Viscount Clifden (1888 - 1966), with the transfer of the house to the National Trust in 1953 (possibly mentioned in 1885 inventory, or LAN.P.6?)
Credit line
Lanhydrock, The Robartes Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: On gilt label on frame: HENRY, 3rd. Earl of Radnor./DAHL. Verso: In large cursive script on back of lining-canvas [transcribed?]: Earl of Radnor
Makers and roles
attributed to Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743), artist British (English) School, artist previously catalogued as attributed to Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743), artist