An Unknown Lady
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1670 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas (oval)
Measurements
730 x 610 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 959485
Summary
Oil paining on canvas (oval), An Unknown Lady, British (English) School, late 17th century. An oval half-lengthportrait of a lady with pearls around her dark hair, wearing a red/gold brocade dress over a white lace under-dress.
Provenance
Sir Edmund Winn, Aketon, near Pontefract; 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 possibly Swiss 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. 56