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Portrait of a Man, probably Sir John Scott (1564–1616)
Portrait of a Man, probably Sir John Scott (1564–1616)
Portrait of a Man, probably Sir John Scott (1564–1616)

Portrait of a Man, probably Sir John Scott (1564–1616)

Artist (British, circa 1551–1619)
Datecirca 1600–1605
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensionsoverall: 77 3/4 × 38 1/4 in. (197.5 × 97.2cm)
frame: 86 1/2 × 47 × 1 3/4 in. (219.7 × 119.4 × 4.4cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. James MacLamroc
Object numberGL.67.13.5
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Provenance[All Balliol Scott family property, presumed to include the NCMA’s eight “Scott” portraits, pass through various branches of the family of Scots’ Hall, Smeeth, Kent, England]; George Scott (1673–1728); by descent to Edward Scott (1710–1765), Scot’s Hall, Smeeth, ca. 1728: by descent to Francis Talbot Scott (1745–1789), 1765; Scott family portraits are transferred to Caroline Scott (1751–1809) and her husband George Best (1760–1818), Chilston Park, Kent, England, ca. 1784–1795; by descent to Thomas Fairfax Best (1786-1849) and Margaret Anna Brett Best (d. 1882), London, Chilston Park, and Weirton Park, Boughton Monchelsea, Staplehurst, Kent, 1818; by descent to Frances Best and her husband, Major William Henry Archer, 1882; by descent to their son Major Henry Alan Fairfax Best Archer and his wife, Catherine Maria Scott; paintings sold to Sir Edward Arthur Barry (1858–1949), who married Scott descendent Eleanor Margaret Scott (d. 1916), Ockwells Manor, Berkshire, England, between 1891 and 1916; paintings sold to Colonel Frank Douglas Scott, Sir Edward Arthur Barry allows the portraits to remain at Ockwells Manor, Berkshire, England, 1947; sold to James G. W. MacLamroc, Greensboro, NC, 1965 [portraits come directly to NCMA in June 1965]; given to NCMA, 1969. [PDF of Unedited Provenance notes is attached to this TMS record.]