Unknown Man
Portrait Miniature
ca.1634-1635 (painted)
ca.1634-1635 (painted)
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Portrait, head and shoulders, turned slightly to right and looking to front; wearing a high collar; a landscape in the background. Features apparently (see Condition) in brown and sanguine hatches with some blue in the shadows, on a pale carnation ground; hair in brown wash with long strokes of darker colour and white heightening; costume in pale brown wash with thick white for the collar, shirt etc., and gold for the figuring on the doublet; background in blue washes with white and yellow for the landscape and clouds; on vellum put down on a leaf from a table-book.
Frame: Twentieth-century copper-gilt oval locket; the convex back in sides stepped forward in three grooves to the bezel, which holds a convex glass; the hanger of D-section, channelled and bifurcating initially into tight turns followed by larger tapering spirals of five turns. Maker's mark: a crown surmounting the initials PD. Scratched inscription: No 148.
Frame: Twentieth-century copper-gilt oval locket; the convex back in sides stepped forward in three grooves to the bezel, which holds a convex glass; the hanger of D-section, channelled and bifurcating initially into tight turns followed by larger tapering spirals of five turns. Maker's mark: a crown surmounting the initials PD. Scratched inscription: No 148.
Object details
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Object type | |
Title | Unknown Man (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Watercolour on vellum put down on a leaf from a table-book. |
Brief description | Portrait miniature of an unknown man, watercolour on vellum, painted by John Hoskins, ca.1634-1635. |
Physical description | Portrait, head and shoulders, turned slightly to right and looking to front; wearing a high collar; a landscape in the background. Features apparently (see Condition) in brown and sanguine hatches with some blue in the shadows, on a pale carnation ground; hair in brown wash with long strokes of darker colour and white heightening; costume in pale brown wash with thick white for the collar, shirt etc., and gold for the figuring on the doublet; background in blue washes with white and yellow for the landscape and clouds; on vellum put down on a leaf from a table-book. Frame: Twentieth-century copper-gilt oval locket; the convex back in sides stepped forward in three grooves to the bezel, which holds a convex glass; the hanger of D-section, channelled and bifurcating initially into tight turns followed by larger tapering spirals of five turns. Maker's mark: a crown surmounting the initials PD. Scratched inscription: No 148. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'from Ld. Conyers Coll. 1928' (On the back of the frame is a label inscribed) |
Credit line | Alan Evans Bequest, given by the National Gallery |
Object history | Provenance: Lord Conyers before 1888, see below; acquired by the Hon. F H A Wallop apparently in 1928 and lent to the V&A, 12 June 1928 until 1949; given to Alan Evans, 1933, and by him bequeathed to the National Gallery; placed on indeterminate loan at the V&A, 1974. |
Subject depicted | |
Bibliographic reference | Murdoch, John. Seventeenth-century English Miniatures in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: The Stationery Office, 1997. |
Collection | |
Accession number | EVANS.15 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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