File:Hester Bowyer.jpg
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Summary
Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen: Lady Hester Bowyer (d.1665)
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| Artist |
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| Title |
Lady Hester Bowyer (d.1665)  |
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| Object type |
painting |
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| Genre |
portrait |
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| Depicted people |
Hester Skeffington |
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| Date |
between 1630 and 1640 |
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| Medium |
oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions |
height: 74 cm (29.1 in) ; width: 61.5 cm (24.2 in) |
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| Collection |
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| Current location |
British embassy, The Hague |
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| Accession number |
1641 (Government Art Collection) |
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| Notes | The Government Art Collection identifies this portrait, possibly based on the claims written on a 19th-century label verso, as the celebrated portrait of the beautiful Hester, Lady Bowyer (née Aucher) (d. 1665) described by Horace Walpole as "The Star in the East." However, there was more than one Lady Bowyer named Hester in the 17th century, and the details of the sitter's dress are more consistent with an earlier date (the GAC itself dates the portrait to 1630-40). It is likely that this is instead a portrait of Hester Skeffington, who married Sir William Bowyer (c 1588 - 1641). Compare the portrait below, also by Johnson, also identified as Hester Aucher, who married Sir Edmund Bowyer (1613-1681), as a better candidate for Walpole's "Star in the East." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Government Art Collection  |
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Licensing
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| current | 21:08, 29 November 2015 | | 4,564 × 5,509 (5.98 MB) | Laura1822 | superior image from same museum source |
| 00:47, 15 September 2014 |  | 775 × 944 (120 KB) | Neelix | User created page with UploadWizard |
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