Jerome Bankes (1635/36-1686)
Massimo Stanzione (Orta di Atella 1585 – Naples 1656)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1655
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1016 mm (50 x 40 in)
Place of origin
Naples
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1257045
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Jerome Bankes (1635/36-1686) by Massimo Stanzione (Orta di Atella 1585 – Naples 1656), 1655. A three-quarter length portrait of a young man, turned three-quarter to left, left hand on breast with fingers spread.
Provenance
Probably commissioned by the sitter's elder brother, (Sir) Ralph Bankes, from the artist in Naples; bequeathed by (Henry John) Ralph Bankes (1902 – 1981) to the National Trust, together with the estates of Corfe Castle and Kingston Lacy and its entire contents in 1981
Credit line
Kingston Lacy, The Bankes Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
JEROME BANKES / 4th SON OF SIR J. BANKES / MASSIMO STANZIONE (painted in black on fixed gilt label, centred under image)
Makers and roles
Massimo Stanzione (Orta di Atella 1585 – Naples 1656), artist
