An Unknown Gentleman in Armour
Swiss School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1729
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
740 x 610 mm
Place of origin
Switzerland
Order this imageCollection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 959497
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Gentleman in Armour, Swiss School, early 18th century. A half-length portrait of a man, wearing a grey wig and armour with a red cloak over it.
Provenance
Along with many other heirlooms of the d'Hervart family, was shipped from their home in Vevey, Switerland to Nostell in 1781, on the death of Sabine's mother, the Baronne d'Hervart; 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
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. 238