An Unknown Gentleman
Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1710
Materials
Oil on canvas (oval)
Measurements
762 x 635 mm (30 x 25 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 959513
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (oval), An Unknown Gentleman by Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1656/9 – London 1743), circa 1710. A half-length oval portrait of an unknown gentleman, turned to the right with his head turned back to face the viewer, wearing a brown coat and white cravat.
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
Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743), artist previously catalogued as attributed to 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. 145