A Bearded Man holding up a Drawing
attributed to Herman van der Myn (Amsterdam 1684 - London 1741)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1769
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
749 x 635 mm (29½ x 25 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 960236
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Bearded Man holding up a Drawing, attributed to Herman van der Myn (Amsterdam 1684 - London 1741), inscribed: ‘heyt/ echt’. A half-length portrait of a bald man with a grey beard holding a picture of a man inscribed “EUROPA” in both hands.
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
attributed to Herman van der Myn (Amsterdam 1684 - London 1741), artist previously catalogued as attributed to German 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. 269