Strickland Lowry

Cumberland 1737 - 1785 Belfast

A Trompe L’Oeil Portrait of a Noble Gentleman of the Stacpoole Family, wearing an embroidered Silk Waistcoat and a Blue Coat

Medium:

Oil on Canvas

Category:

Trompe L'Oeil

Dimensions:

50(h) x 40(w) cms

Exhibitions:

Essay:

The graining compares well with that seen in trompe-l’oeils by Lowry held in the National Gallery of Ireland and in the Hunt Collection, Co. Limerick.

Provenance:

Private Collection, Ireland;
By family descent to the previous owner

Literature:

Anne Crookshank and Desmond John Villiers Fitz-Gerald, The Painters of Ireland, c. 1660-1920