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Portrait of a gentleman, aged 44, formerly thought to be Sir Hugh Myddelton (?1560-1631), three-quarter-length, in a black coat with a white ruff and cuffs, holding gloves and a stick
Details
Frisian School, 1629
Portrait of a gentleman, aged 44, formerly thought to be Sir Hugh Myddelton (?1560-1631), three-quarter-length, in a black coat with a white ruff and cuffs, holding gloves and a stick
with coat-of-arms (upper left) and inscription 'SIR HUGH MYYDELTONE AERATIS · SVE · 44 · ANNO · 1629 ·' (upper left)
oil on panel
41.7/8 x 28.7/8 in. (106.4 x 73.3 cm.)
Portrait of a gentleman, aged 44, formerly thought to be Sir Hugh Myddelton (?1560-1631), three-quarter-length, in a black coat with a white ruff and cuffs, holding gloves and a stick
with coat-of-arms (upper left) and inscription 'SIR HUGH MYYDELTONE AERATIS · SVE · 44 · ANNO · 1629 ·' (upper left)
oil on panel
41.7/8 x 28.7/8 in. (106.4 x 73.3 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired by Abraham IV Darby (1804-1878), Stoke Court and Ebbw Vale, and thence by descent to his nephew Alfred II Darby, of Adcote, and thence to his daughter Muriel Cope-Darby and thence to her cousin, the late Rachel Wolryche-Whitmore, Lady Labouchere, by whom loaned to Chirk Castle and then donated to the National Trust to sell in order to raise funds for her ancestral home, Dudmaston.
Exhibited
On loan to Chirk Castle, 1981-1989.