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| Title | Garland of Flowers Surrounding an Oval | |
| Alternative Title | Garland of Flowers Surrounding a Portrait of Queen Anne | |
| Collection | Holburne Museum of Art, Bath | |
| Artist | Attributed to Dutch School Previously attributed to Kneller, Godfrey (English painter, 1646-1723) Previously attributed to Lely, Peter (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1618-1680, active in England) Previously attributed to Nuzzi, Mario (Italian painter, ca.1603-1673) Previously attributed to Seghers, Daniel (Flemish painter, 1590-1661) |
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| Date Earliest | possibly about 1650 | |
| Date Latest | possibly about 1700 | |
| Description | A wreath of jonquils, roses, lilies, tulips, passion flowers, fritillaries, lily of the valley, orange blossom, pinks, morning glories and other flowers. The space within the oval garland originally contained a grisaille (monochromatic) bust of Queen Anne or her sister Mary II, which has since been painted out. | |
| Current Accession Number | A258 | |
| Subject | still life; portrait | |
| Measurements | 93.5 x 73.7 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by Miss Mary Anne Barbara Holburne 1882. | |
| Provenance | Sir Thomas William Holburne, by 1867-74; by descent to Mary Anne Barbara Holburne (1802-1882), 1874. | |
| Publications | Wright, C., Old Master Paintings in Britain: An Index of Continental Old Master Paintings Executed before c.1800 in Public Collections in the United Kingdom, London, 1976, p. 63. | |
| Notes | Painting cleaned and portrait painted out by Jones, December 1924. Labels: Thomas William Holburne label on back: 'Queen Mary by Sir Godfrey Kneller the Wreath of Flowers by Mario di Fiori' Previous attributions: Catalogue of the Pictures and Library, Engravings, Etchings and Miniatures, Belonging to Sir Thomas William Holburne, Bart., Bath, 1867, cat. no. 258: 'Sir Peter Lely & Mario Nuzzi' (hall and staircase); Catalogue of the Holburne of Menstrie Art Museum by W.Chaffers, London, 1887, cat. no. 1571: 'Sir P. Lely and Mario Nuzzi'; F. Möckler, Holburne of Menstrie Art Museum, Bath, 1902, cat. no. 166: 'Mario Nuzzi'; hand written register of paintings, watercolours and miniatures, giving inventory numbers with ‘A' prefix still in use, by G. Holden, Curator 1917-1926, compiled shortly after move to Sydney Hotel, cat. no. 258: 'Dutch School'; The Holburne of Menstrie Museum Catalogue, Part I: Pictures, Bath, 1927, cat. no. 85: 'Ykens'; Jones: 'Flowers by Daniel Zeghers who died in 1661. Could portrait then be of Queen Anne?'; Courtauld list, 1971, cat. no. 138: Dutch School; 1976: 'This was undoubtedly a portrait of Queen Mary II badly copied from Wissents [sic] portrait of her (see Butler, H. B., and Fletcher, C. R. L., Historical Portraits 1600-1700, London, 1911, p. 254). It was painted out by Mr Jones when he restored the picture.' |
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| Rights Owner | © The Holburne Museum of Art, Bath | |
| Author | Amina Wright | |