Portrait of a Lady, Circle of Charles Jervas
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Circle of Charles Jervas, circa 1730. A portrait of a seated lady in an oyster silk dress in an architectural landscape.Oil on canvas in a period giltwood frame.
Charles Jervas (1675-1739)
Charles Jervas was an Irish portrait painter and studied in London as an assistant to Sir Godfrey Kneller between 1694 and 1695.
In 1698 he travelled to Paris and Rome where he spent most of the decade before returning to London in 1709 where he found success as a portrait painter. With a growing reputation, he managed to succeed Kneller as Principal portrait painter to King George I in 1723 and continued to live in London until his death in 1739.
Height 127cms, width 101cms
