Possibly Sarah Bodville, The Hon. Mrs Robert Robartes, later Viscountess Bodmin, and Countess of Radnor (d.1720)
style of Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1657 - 1660
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1016mm (50 x 40 in)
Place of origin
England
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 884968
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Possibly Sarah Bodville, The Hon. Mrs Robert Robartes, later Viscountess Bodmin, and Countess of Radnor (d.1720), style of Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), previously manner of Jacob Huysmans (Antwerp c.1630 – London 1696), circa 1657/60. A three-quarter length portrait of Sarah Bodville, probably, seated, slightly towards the left with her right arm resting on a composite capital and her left hand at her breast. She is wearing an amber coloured dress with white sleeves. There is a landscape in the background on the left and a curtain on the right.
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 (National Trust)
Makers and roles
style of Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist previously catalogued as manner of Jacob Huysmans (Antwerp c.1630 – London 1696), artist previously catalogued as possibly Jacob Huysmans (Antwerp c.1630 – London 1696), artist previously catalogued as after Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist