Called Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland (1610-1643)
Cornelius Johnson (London 1593 - Utrecht 1661)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1633
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
749 x 622 mm (29 1/2 x 24 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Montacute House, Somerset
NT 597942
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Called Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland (1610-1643) by Cornelius Johnson (London 1593 - Utrecht 1661), circa 1633. A portrait of a young man, half-length, turned slightly to the right, gazing at spectator, his left hand on his on hip. He has a small moustache, shoulder-length light brown hair with lock hanging down his left shoulder and wears a black silk doublet with slashed sleeves and white lace cuffs, revealing a white undershirt. A large white lace collar covers his shoulders.
Provenance
Bought and bequeathed by Sir Percy Malcolm Stewart (1871-1951) to the National Trust and transferred to Montacute House, 1960 after the death of Lady Stewart
Credit line
Montacute House, The Malcolm Stewart Bequest (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Cornelius Johnson (London 1593 - Utrecht 1661), publisher
References
Gore 1969: F. St John Gore, 'Pictures in National Trust Houses', supplement to Burlington Magazine, Vol.cxi, No.793. April 1969, pp.239-58, p.248. "Montacute House, Somerset (Montacute, Nr.Yeovil) Ownership. In 1960 a collection of pictures (marked* ) was bequeathed by Sir Malcolm Stewart. Jonson, C. Unknown man* 19 1/2 x 24 1/2." Montacute House, Somerset, 1976 [The National Trust; Dudley Dodd] 1976, "THE PARLOUR South Wall, in the alcove. Portrait of an unknown man, formerly thought to be Lucius Carey, by Cornelius Johnson (1593-1661)." Montacute House, Somerset, 1991 [The National Trust; Malcolm Rogers] 1991, p.67 "THE CRIMSON DRESSING ROOM PAINTINGS Unknown man Formerly said to be Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland (Stewart Bequest) Cornelius Johnson (1593-1661), mid-1630s." Montacute House, Somerset, 1997 [The National Trust; Malcolm Rogers] 1991, revised 1997 , p.60 "THE DRAWING ROOM PAINTINGS Unknown man Formerly said to be Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland (Stewart Bequest) Cornelius Johnson (1593-1661), mid-1630s." Montacute House, Somerset, 2004-2006 [The National Trust; Malcolm Rogers] 2000, revised 2004, reprinted 2005, 2006, p.48 "THE DRAWING ROOM PAINTINGS Unknown man Formerly said to be Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland (Stewart Bequest) Cornelius Johnson (1593-1661), mid-1630s."