William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (1606-1697)
after Gerrit van Honthorst (Utrecht 1590 – Utrecht 1656)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1647 (bears date;date of original) - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
705 x 578 mm (27 3/4 x 22 3/4 in)
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Powis Castle and Garden, Powys
NT 1180918
Caption
William was the eldest son of Sir William Craven, a city magnate, and Elizabeth Whitmore, the daughter of a London Alderman. He inherited his father’s vast fortune at the age of about ten. After spending time at Trinity College, Oxford, he took up soldiering and in 1632 sailed for Germany as one of the leaders of the English force enlisted to serve under Gustavus Adolphus in the hope of restoring King Charles I’s sister, Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia. An identical version of this portrait is in the National Portrait Gallery London; both derive from the three-quarter length portrait of William by Gerard van Honthorst, at Ashdown House, Berkshire.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (1606-1697), after Gerard Honthorst (Utrecht 1590 – Utrecht 1656), bears date 1647 - late 17th century. A half-length portrait in armour with white collar, and a long wig, in a painted oval. Derived from the full-length portrait by Honthorst at Ashdown House, Berkshire (National Trust Inventory Number 493051) dated 1647.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Treasury on 21st March, 1963 in lieu of tax and conveyed to National Trust ownership on 29th November 1963
Marks and inscriptions
1647
Makers and roles
after Gerrit van Honthorst (Utrecht 1590 – Utrecht 1656), artist
References
Steegman 1957 John Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, Vol.I: North Wales, Cardiff, 1957, no. 18, pl. 43A