Sir John Croke, MP (1553-1620), Speaker of the House of Commons, aged 63
manner of Gilbert Jackson (fl.1621-1643)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1618 (inscribed)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
749 x 622 mm (29 1/2 x 24 1/2 in)
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 20945
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir John Croke, MP (1553-1620), Speaker of the House of Commons, follower of Daniel Mytens the elder (Delft c.1590 – The Hague 1648), inscribed and dated (upper left): 'Johannes Croke miles, qui / quondam fuit Ricordator Lonon et proto / ...Parliament, et Ser / Regis, / Aetatis Suae. 63. Anno / 1618. 15 [?] January' on a Cartellino. A half-length portrait of Sir John Croke, MP, Speaker of the House of Commons, 1601-3 and Recorder of London, aged 63. He is shown in legal robes.
Provenance
Purchase by George Abraham Gibbs (1873 - 1931) from Shepherd Bothers, 1911, for £70; purchased by the National Trust from the estate of the late George Richard Lawley Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall (1928 – 2001) with the assistance of the NHMF, Art Fund and donations from members and supporters in 2002
Credit line
Tyntesfield, The Gibbs Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
manner of Gilbert Jackson (fl.1621-1643), artist follower of Daniel Mytens the elder (Delft c.1590 – The Hague 1648), artist