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English School, Unknown Young Man
Photo courtesy of Dave Penman (All rights reserved)
Details
- Country House
- Doddington Hall
- Title(s)
- Unknown Young Man
- Location
- Brown Parlour
- Medium and support
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Overall height: 66 cm, Overall width: 52 cm
- Artist
- English School
- Catalogue Number
- DN9
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Description
The traditional identification of the sitter as James Gunman (1696–1757) does not appear convincing, given that he was a naval officer. Rather, the portrait appears to represent a scholar in his mid- to late teens, painted at some point in the seventeenth century, but possibly evoking an even earlier age. The gown and the embroidered shirt suggest some sort of courtly or institutional affiliation.