Portrait of the family of anne clifford. Includes her brothers, francis and sir robert. As well as her father george clifford and mother margaret russell; abbot hall art gallery, kendal, cumbria, uk. The great picture, a huge triptych measuring 8ft 5" high and 16ft 2" wide, commissioned in 1646 by anne clifford, attributed to jan van belcamp (1610-1653), formerly hanging in appleby castle now displayed in the abbot hall art gallery, kendal, cumbria. It depicts anne as a girl at left and as a mature woman at right. The central panel shows her parents and young brothers. The painting is replete with significant elements referring to her life and to her succession to her paternal inheritance, gained after a lengthy legal dispute[1]. Object Type: painting. Date: circa 1646.
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