Oil Painting Lady Elizabeth Countess Of Westmorland Circle Of Godfrey Kneller

"Step into the elegance and grandeur of the 17th century with this stunning oil painting. The beautiful Lady Elizabeth Countess of Westmorland, adorned in a golden dress, is captured in all her glory in the renowned circle of the artist Godfrey Kneller. Bring a touch of history and sophistication to your home with this truly remarkable piece."

Title Lady Elizabeth Countess of Westmorland in Golden Dress.

Subject Three quarter length front profile view portrait of Lady Elizabeth Countess of Westmorland 1648-1667 from the romanticized and revisionist look believed to be a Royal Princess wearing her fine golden dress costume with beautiful white frills and curls in her tall hair, she is projecting such beauty, confidence and her high status authority power in her pose. Pale completion with rosy cheeks. She is in a sunset river landscape in the background. She died when she was very young at only 19.

Presented in a magnificent gilt frame which is decorated with ornate flowers & foliage decorations. 

Oil on canvas.

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Unsigned, circle of Godfrey Kneller.

Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (1646 – 1723) Keller was born Gottfried Kneller in the Free City of Lübeck, the son of Zacharias Killer. Keller studied in Leiden, but became a pupil of Ferdinand Box and perhaps Rembrandt himself in the 1660s. He was in Rome and Venice between 1672 and 1675, settling in England in 1676 for the remainder of his life.  

Kneller was soon employed at Court and rapidly became the most successful portraitist during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. His work exuberantly expresses the spirit of the English Baroque, and his style greatly influenced other artists. He enjoyed the office of Principal Painter to the King, at first jointly with John Riley (d.1691), from shortly after the accession of William and Mary in 1688 until his death.  

Kneller founded a studio which produced portraits en masse and to a formulaic model which started with a sketch of the face with details added later, this was helped somewhat by the penchant for wig wearing amounts gentlemen of the time. He was knighted in 1692 and became a baronet in 1715, he died of fever in 1723 and his remains were interred in the church of St. Mary's in Wickersham.

With 2 large bracket mounting hooks on the back, no hanging cord thread though we can, supply you with strong cord or wire for you to fit for additional support.

Circa 17th century.

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Condition report.

Offered in fine used condition. The canvas has been relined, with various craquelure, foxing stains and some paint loss in places and paint touch ups, and it has been rearised also some scuff lines. Set in magnificent gilt wood frame, having some general wear, cracking, scuffs, chips, losses in places commensurate with usage & age. New frame nails have been added to secure the canvas in place to the frame also Japanese Serious brown framing tape to tidy the back has been added.

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