Sir Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland, KG (1577-1634/5)
studio of Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1638
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2134 x 1219 mm (84 x 48 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1257109
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland, KG (1577-1634/5), studio of Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599- London 1641), 1638. A full-length portrait, standing, right arm leaning on the pedestal of a pillar; holds a letter in his right hand and a staff of office in his right, and wearing a long, black robe and a white ruff. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer (1620/1-1628) and Lord High Treasurer (1628-1635). The original of the sitter as Lord High Treasurer is lost. The present picture was accepted as autograph in the Kingston Lacy inventories and praised as such by Waagen.
Provenance
first recorded in 1731; bequeathed by Ralph Bankes, 1981
Marks and inscriptions
RICHARD WESTON EARL OF PORTLAND / VAN DYCK (painted in black on fixed gilt label, centred under image)
Makers and roles
studio of Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641), artist
