Colonel Edward Phelips II (1613-1680)
Jacob Huysmans (Antwerp c.1630 – London 1696)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1663 (inscribed)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1016 mm (50 x 40 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Montacute House, Somerset (Accredited Museum)
NT 597910
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Colonel Edward Phelips II (1613-1680) by Jacob Huysmans (Antwerp c.1630 – London 1696) with an inscription on plinth on left Ed. Phelips. 1663. A portrait of a mature man, three-quarter length in full armour, facing slightly to the right, gazing at spectator, his left hand resting on his helmet on a table on the right, his right arm leaning on a plinth, his right hand holds a baton which leans back in the crook of his arm. Full shoulder-length, frizzed grey wig, large lace jobot; large fringed curtain hangs to the right above his left hand, the table on which his helmet rests is covered with an elaborate gold embroidered cloth. Son of Sir Robert Phelips and Bridget Gorges; married Anne Pye, daughter of Sir Robert Pye. The composition is based on Van Dyck's portrait of Sir Edmund Verney (Private Collection).
Provenance
On loan from the Phelips family since 1931; purchased with the aid of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the V&A Museums and Galleries Commission Purchase Grant Fund in 1989.
Credit line
Montacute House, The Phelips Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Inscribed on plinth on the left : Ed. Phelips. 1663 Recto: Gilt tablet attached to bottom of frame: Colonel Edward Phelips / (1613 - 1680)
Makers and roles
Jacob Huysmans (Antwerp c.1630 – London 1696), artist attributed to Jacob Huysmans (Antwerp c.1630 – London 1696), artist
References
Montacute House, Somerset, 1976 [The National Trust; Dudley Dodd] 1976, THE GREAT HALL Portraits Loaned by Mr David Phelips, from (left to right). Colonel Edward Phelips (1613-79). Grandson of Sir Edward Phelips (d.1614). Royalist Colonel during the Civil War." Montacute House, Somerset, 1991 [The National Trust; Malcolm Rogers] 1991, p.19 Illustrated. Caption: "Col. Edward Phelips (c.1613-80), a Royalist officer during the Civil War; attributed to Jacob Huysmans, 1663 (Great Hall)" p.56 "THE GREAT HALL. WEST WALL (FACING WINDOWS) Colonel Edward Phelips (c.1613-80) Grandson of the builder, and a Royalist colonel in the Civil War. The composition is based on Van Dyck's portrait of Sir Edmund Verney (private collection) Attributed to Jacob Hyysmans." Montacute House, Somerset, 1997 [The National Trust; Malcolm Rogers] 1991, revised 1997 , p.19 Illustrated. Caption: "Col. Edward Phelips (c.1613-80), a Royalist officer during the Civil War; attributed to Jacob Huysmans, 1663 (Great Hall)" p.56 "THE GREAT HALL. WEST WALL (FACING WINDOWS) Colonel Edward Phelips (c.1613-80) Grandson of the builder, and a Royalist colonel in the Civil War. The composition is based on Van Dyck's portrait of Sir Edmund Verney (private collection) Attributed to Jacob Hyysmans." Montacute House, Somerset, 2004-2006 [The National Trust; Malcolm Rogers] 2000, revised 2004, reprinted 2005, 2006, p.19 Illustrated. Caption: "Col. Edward Phelips (c.1613-80), a Royalist officer during the Civil War; attributed to Jacob Huysmans, 1663 (Great Hall)" p.44, "THE GREAT HALL. WEST WALL (FACING WINDOWS) Colonel Edward Phelips (c.1613-80) Grandson of the builder, and a Royalist colonel in the Civil War. The composition is based on Van Dyck's portrait of Sir Edmund Verney (private collection) Attributed to Jacob Hyysmans."