Oil Portrait of Lady in the manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller, Late 18th Century

Item Details

In the manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (United Kingdom/Germany, 1646 – 1723)
Unitiled (half-length portrait in a feigned oval), late 18th century
Oil painting on canvas
Unsigned
Informational notes regarding artist and sitter attribution are located to the verso

Provenance
Purportedly purchased at Butterfield auction (now Bonhams), January 1972.

An oil portrait in the English School style. The work depicts a lady during the early Georgian era in the manner of a Sir Godfrey Kneller ‘beauty.’ The frame plaque identifies the subject as Susan Penelope Rosse (1652–1700). However, this identification remains unconfirmed.

Condition

- label to verso indicates painting was cleaned and revarnished with Windsor Newton Damar in 1973; canvas has been relined; scattered inpainting; craquelure across painting surface; shallow dent to canvas to upper right; stretcher marks; dust and light scattered accretion to painting surface; chipping, cracking, finish loss and accretion to frame; separation to frame joins.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures 24" W x 29.5" H.

Item #

ITMG382779