Lady Mary Herbert, Viscountess Montague, as Diana

Francois de Troy (1645 - 1730)

Coughton Court

1690s

Lady Mary is depicted as Diana and with a hound wearing a gold collar adorned with the Herbert arms surmounted by a viscountess's coronet. The portrait is part of a group of portraits from Coughton Court, the seat of the Throckmorton family, which testify to the links of this Jacobite family with France.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 125 x 98.5cm
• Grant Paid: £45000 ( Total: £140000; Tax Remission)
• ArtFunded in: 2003
• Vendor: Mrs C McLaren-Throckmorton

Provenance

Probably painted for the 1st Marquis, Duke of Powis, father of the sitter; given to Sir Robert Trockmorton by the 2nd Marquis, Duke of Powis; by descent to Mrs Clare McLaren-Trockmorton.

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