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Description: | The identity of the sitter in this portrait is uncertain, although the boy was probably a member of the Mount Edgcumbe family in whose collection the painting belonged. The composition, the style of painting and the child's Roman fancy dress suggest that it was painted towards the end of the seventeenth century. Considering the sitter's age, the most likely subjects would be Piers Edgcumbe (1676-1694) or his younger brother Richard Edgcumbe (1680-1758), who would become the 1st Baron. | Subjects: | portrait | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Lely, Peter (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1618-1680, active in England) Æ Attributed to school of Previously attributed to Beale, Mary (English portraitist and copyist, 1633-1699) Previously attributed to Hoynck, Otto (Dutch artist, born ca 1630, died 1686) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8609... | Go to resource |
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