An Unknown Lady
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1730
Materials
Oil on canvas (oval)
Measurements
730 x 610 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 959481.2
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (oval), An Unknown Lady, British (English) School. A half-length oval portrait of a lady in a blue and brown parti-coloured dress fastened with clasps over a white under-dress (chemise), a tress of hair on one shoulder.
Provenance
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
British (English) School, artist previously catalogued as circle of Henri Gascar (Paris 1634/5 - Rome 1701), artist previously catalogued as school of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), 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.106A