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Follower of Sir Godfrey Kneller: An Early to Mid-18th-Century English School Oval Portrait of a Young Girl
Follower of Sir Godfrey Kneller: An Early to Mid-18th-Century English School Oval Portrait of a Young Girl
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A charming English School portrait of a young child, painted in the manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646–1723), Principal Painter to the Crown. The sitter is shown half-length within a painted oval, her dark hair drawn softly back from a round, solemn face. She is dressed in pale silk, the fabric catching the light against a dark ground. Kneller’s studio and his many followers dominated English portraiture for half a century, and the format, the gentle modelling and the restrained palette all belong to that tradition. An old inscription on the verso, “By Sir G Kneller”, records an attribution that was evidently cherished by earlier owners.
The portrait comes with a good provenance. An inscription on the verso records its purchase at Prestatyn in February 1955, and it later hung at Eyton Court in Herefordshire, a Grade II* listed Tudor house near Leominster. It is presented in an oval gilt frame, possibly original.
Intimate in scale, it would suit a bedroom, a study wall, or a group of early portraits in a period house.
Provenance: Inscribed verso, “Purchased at Mellin Court Prestatyn, Feb 26/1955”; thence to Eyton Court, Herefordshire.
Material: Oil on canvas, laid down on a later panel; in a gilt frame
Condition: Cleaned. The canvas has been laid down on a later panel. Indistinct inscriptions on the verso. Minor wear commensurate with age.
Dimensions: 14⅛ in × 12¼ in (36 cm × 31 cm)
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