Imaginary Monument to Thomas Fitzwilliam (d.1513) and John Fitzwilliam (b.before 1498 - d.1513)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1770 - 1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
914 x 1308 mm (36 x 51 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk
NT 1210346
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Imaginary Monument to Thomas Fitzwilliam (d.1513) and John Fitzwilliam (b.before 1498 - d.1513), British (English) School, late 18th century. Two full-length portraits of dead soldiers/knights in tabards and armour in a seated position, heads to far left and far right. On the left Thomas Fitzwilliam with a cartellino above him written in the form of a torn paper stuck to the wall, reading THOMAS. FFITZ. / WILLYAM. On the right John Fitzwilliam, with a cartellino above him in the form of a torn paper stuck to the wall, reading IHOAN, FFITZ. / WILLIAM. On the sarcophagus, across the bottom is a further inscription which reads: IN DOYNG THEIR DVETIES AGAINST THE SCOTS. Each sits facing the other, with legs extended. A sword transfixes the chest of Thomas and a lance or spear transfixes the chest of John. Trompe l'oeil background simulates a sarcophagus on which the subjects are placed against two niches in a stone wall, centrally divided. Both figures wear tabards with their respective coats-of-arms over their breastplates and have abandoned their shields and helmets. Thomas's sword is beneath the crook of his knees and his left hand is on the blade. White catalogue number '200' l.l.
Provenance
from Cowdray (acc. to the 1913 list): in which case, through the marriage of Sir Richard, 4th Bt. (1720-1795) to Mary Browne, d. of Anthony, (m. 1761+1767), either on marriage or after the fire; Part of the Bedingfeld collection; given to the National Trust by Sybil Lyne-Stephens, Lady Paston-Bedingfeld (1883 – 1985), 1961
Marks and inscriptions
'In doying their duties against the Scots'
Makers and roles
British (English) School, publisher