Portrait of Charles Jennens

Thomas Hudson (1701 - 1779)

Handel House Museum

1740 - 1749

Three quarter length portrait, standing, wearing a grey coat and waistcoat with gold brocade and a white wig. He leans on an orange-red cloth. Jennens was Handel's librettist and wrote 'The Messiah'

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 122 x 98 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £7058 ( Total: £14,115)
• ArtFunded in: 1997
• Vendor: Sotheby's

Provenance

Private collection from the Midwest of the United States

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