John Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes, 1st Viscount Bodmin & 1st Earl of Radnor (1606 -1685)
after Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1683
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1016 mm (50 x 40in)
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 884967
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (back painted with red lead), John Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes, 1st Viscount Bodmin & 1st Earl of Radnor (1606 -1685), after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), circa 1683. A three-quarter-length portrait of 1st Earl of Radnor, seated, slightly to the right, head facing, wearing coronation robes. His coronet sits on a table to his left.
Provenance
Purchased by Michael Trinick on behalf of the National Trust, at Christie's sale of Adare Manor (home of Lord Dunraven), Co. Limerick, Ireland, 9th and 10th June 1982, lot 91
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: On gilt label on frame, John, Lord Robartes lst. Earl of Radnor. Verso: label on back of stretcher: WITH CARE / 152? / Brought from Dunraven Castle to ADARE Manor / 1962
Makers and roles
after Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist