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attributed to Jan van Rijn, Thomas Tailor II
Photo courtesy of Dave Penman (All rights reserved)
Details
- Country House
- Doddington Hall
- Title(s)
- Thomas Tailor II
- Date
- ? c.1620–30
- Location
- The Great Hall
- Medium and support
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Overall height: 72 cm, Overall width: 56 cm
- Artist
- attributed to Jan van Rijn (c.1610-1678)
- Catalogue Number
- DN4
Bibliography
R.E.G. Cole, History of Doddington, otherwise Doddington-Pigot, in the County of Lincoln, and its successive owners, with pedigrees, Lincoln : James Williamson, 1897, pp. 59, 224
Description
In the late nineteenth century Cole identified the sitter as Thomas Tailor (1561–1607), recorder to the bishop of Lincoln and builder of Doddington Hall. However, he would appear to be Tailor’s son and heir, Thomas Tailor II (1580–1652) by his second wife, Jane Hollingworth. On the death of Thomas Tailor II the Doddington estate passed to his niece, Elizabeth Anton (1591–1658), who married Sir Edward Hussey (1585–1648).
The portrait has been attributed traditionally to an artist named Jan van Rijn, otherwise unknown.