James Scott, Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch (1649-1685)
studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1670 - 1685
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
965 x 787 mm (38 x 31 in)
Place of origin
England
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Trerice, Cornwall
NT 337041
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch (1649-1685), studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723). A portrait of the illegitimate son of Charles II.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death-duties from the executors of Edmund Robert Parker, 4th Earl of Morley (1877-1951) and transferred to the National Trust in 1957; on loan to Trerice
Credit line
Saltram, The Morley Collection (accepted in lieu of tax by HM Treasury, and transferred to The National Trust in 1957)
Makers and roles
studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist