An Unknown Lady, possibly Olivia Boteler, Mrs Endymion Porter (d.1663)
attributed to Theodore Russel (London 1614 – London 1689)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1670 - 1699
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
387 x 311 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 996313
Summary
Oil painting on panel, An Unknown Lady, possibly Olivia Boteler, Mrs Endymion Porter, attributed to Theodore Russel (London 1614 – London 1689). A head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly left, wearing a brown dress decorated with pearls and a green stole. Taken - down to the details of dress - from Mrs Porter in the family picture.
Provenance
given by Matilda Theresa Gilchrist-Clark Talbot (1871 – 1958), who gave the Abbey, the village of Lacock and the rest of the estate to the National Trust in 1944, along with 96 of the family portraits and other pictures, in 1948
Credit line
Lacock Abbey, The Talbot Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
attributed to Theodore Russel (London 1614 – London 1689), artist Theodore Russel (London 1614 – London 1689), artist