FRANCESCO TREVISANI | PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN DANIEL PAIN OF WELFORD, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, HALF-LENGTH, WEARING A BLUE COAT AND BLUE, MAUVE AND GOLD CAP

Commissioned by Sir Arthur Hesilrige, 7th Bt. (1705-63), Noseley Hall, Billesdon, Leicestershire, 1723;

Thence by descent in the Hazlerigg Family, Noseley Hall, Billesdon, Leicestershire;

Until sold, on the premises, Sotheby's, 28 September 1998, lot 70, where acquired.

J. Nichols, The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester, London 1798, vol. II, part II, p. 749 (as hanging in the Green Parlour);

Sir A. Hazelrigg, Bt., Catalogue of Pictures at Noseley Hall, 1929 (typescript in NPG archives), p. 15;

J. Ingamells, A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy 1701-1800, New Haven and London 1997, p. 493 (as unattributed).

Captain Pain accompanied Sir Arthur Hesilrige, 7th Bt. (d. 1763) on his Grand Tour in 1723, when they both sat to the famous and fashionable Roman portrait painter, Trevisani. Sir Arthur lived at Noseley Hall, in Leicestershire, which he rebuilt upon returning from his Tour, in part to provide a suitable setting in which all his Italian trophies - including the present portrait and 'many curious antiques'¹ - could be housed. 

This painting descended in the Hesilrige family until it was bought by the present owner in 1998.

¹ See Nichols 1798, p. 749.