An Unknown Lady, called Anne Villiers, Countess of Morton ('Lady Dalkeith') (d. 1654)
style of Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1650
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
635 x 508 mm (25 x 20 in)
Place of origin
Great Britain
Order this imageCollection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 959459
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Lady, called Anne Villiers, Countess of Morton ('Lady Dalkeith') (d. 1654), British (English) School, circa 1650. A half-length portrait of an unknown lady, formerly thought to be Anne, Countess of Morton, dressed in white with voluminous sleeves.
Provenance
Thought to have been purchased by Charles Winn (1795-1874) as a portrait by Sir Anthony van Dyck; purchased by the National Trust by private treaty sale from Lord St Oswald in 2010
Credit line
Nostell Priory, The St Oswald Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
style of Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641), artist previously catalogued as manner of Charles Beaubrun (Amboise 1604 – Paris 1692), artist John Michael Wright (bap. London 1617 - London 1694), artist previously catalogued as school of Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641), artist British (English) School, artist
References
Brockwell 1915 Maurice Walter Brockwell, Catalogue of the Pictures and Other Works of Art in the Collection of Lord St Oswald at Nostell Priory, London 1915, cat. no. 113