Portrait of an Unknown Lady

Image credit: Rotherham Heritage Services

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This painting shows a typical portrait of an important lady from the late 17th century. Unfortunately we do not know her name. Kneller was an important painter in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. This portrait is very similar in date and style to his painting of Queen Anne and her son William, Duke of Gloucester (about 1694) which is owned by the National Gallery and is displayed at Beningborough Hall near York. Kneller was such a popular artist that he often only painted the faces in portraits, and then left notes for his assistants to finish the painting.

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Title

Portrait of an Unknown Lady

Date

c.1685

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 62 x W 47 cm

Accession number

ROTMG : OP.1978.217

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Rachel Fourmaintraux-Winslow, 1975

Work type

Painting

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