Prince Rupert of the Rhine, KG (1619-1682), in Garter Robes
after Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1682
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1470 x 1220 x 65 mm
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Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1171156
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, KG (1619-1682), in Garter Robes, after Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), circa 1682, inscribed with sitter's name, top right. A three-quarter-length portrait of the nephew of Charles I, to left, in Garter robes. After a studio version belonging to the National Portrait Gallery and on display at Turton Tower, Bolton.
Full description
Associated with Chirk Castle
Provenance
A set of six Garter portraits at Chirk possibly acquired as perquisites by Frances Whitmore, Lady Myddelton (1666 - 1694) when Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Anne, before she became queen in 1683 and brought to Chirk on Frances's own marriage in 1686; the only one mentioned by John Loveday in 1733; with some of the contents, in 1978, that were acquired along with Chirk Castle from Lt-Col Ririd Myddelton (1902–1988) by the National Land Fund and handed, on loan for 99 years, to the Secretary of State for Wales (In 1981 Chirk was transferred into the ownership of the National Trust). On loan to the Trust from Guy Charles Myddelton. Gifted to Guy C Myddelton from Captain David Myddelton in 2010. Purchased by the National Trust from Mr Guy Myddelton in 2023.
Credit line
Chirk Castle, The Myddelton Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto, top right: Prince Rupert, K.G. / Obiit. 1682. Verso: Printed label of J.W.Vokins, 10 King Street, St James’s, inscribed in ink: Restored 19th Dec 1900
Makers and roles
after Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist