Henry Ashe (b. 1584)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1610
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1917 x 1207 mm (75 1/2 x 47 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk
NT 1210279
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Henry Ashe (b.1584) by British (English) School, inscribed: top left: MENS MEA MIHI, bottom right: Ano Dni/1610/Aetatis Suae 26, ottom left: 26. A full-length portrait of a young man, turned slightly to the left, gazing at the spectator, standing, on rush matting, wearing a splendid silver coloured tunic enriched with pink bands, and red pantaloons over silk stockings, his shoes surmounted with rich floral decorations, his cloak over his left shoulder, his right hand holding his sword (the sword belt decorated with black dogs leaping up a tree with squirrels in the branches), his hat is on a green velvet covered table.
Provenance
No known connection with the Bedingfeld family. Presumably it was bought by the family initially because of the supposed subject matter (Papal Legate). The portrait hung in the King's Room in the mid-C19, and was rescued by Sybil, Lady Bedingfeld in the 1951 sale. Part of the Bedingfeld Collection. Loaned to the National Trust by sir Henry Bedingfeld in 1986 and later purchased by the National Trust in 1993. [acquired locally?]; visible on the end wall of The King's Room in Matilda Bedingfeld's watercolour of c. 1850; [presumably no.26 in undated inventory seen by St. John Gore]; 1913 list, no.26, as: 'Pope's Legate. 1610"; 1951 sale, lot 691, as: 'Unknown - A papal legate dated 1610"; bought back for Oxburgh by S[ybil Lady] B[edinfeld]; acquired by the National Trust from Henry Paston-Bedingfeld in 1993
Marks and inscriptions
painted in 1610 at the age of 26.
Makers and roles
British (English) School, publisher