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Although the question of sitter identity, raised as an Art Detective query in 2020, was not fully resolved, if this painting is by Huysmans she could certainly not be the Lady Jane Boyle who died in 1780: she was born in 1699, three years after he died. Since clearly a mid- to late-seventeenth century portrait, the Lady Jane Boyle in question is more likely to be that one’s grandmother, née Jane Seymour, 1637–1679, fourth daughter of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset.

National Trust, Oxburgh Hall

near Swaffham

Title

Lady Jane Boyle (d.1780)

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 118 x W 94.5 cm

Accession number

1210306

Acquisition method

presented to the National Trust by Sybil Lyne-Stephens, Lady Paston-Bedingfeld, 1952

Work type

Painting

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Is the sitter Lady Jane Boyle (1637–1679), née Seymour?

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National Trust, Oxburgh Hall

Oxborough, near Swaffham, Norfolk PE33 9PS England

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Artist or maker

Jacob Huysmans

c.1633–1696

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