King William III (1650–1702)
Jan Wyck (Haarlem 1645 - Mortlake 1700)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2108 x 1270 mm (83 x 50 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Castle Ward, County Down
NT 836149
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, King William III (1650–1702) by Jan Wyck (Haarlem 1645 – Mortlake 1700). A full-length portrait of the King, walking forward, in armour and wearing the Order of the Garter, his left hand on his hip and holding a baton on his right, resting on aplinth. A battle can be seen taking place in the right background.
Provenance
Purchased from Edward Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor (1903 – 1993), in 1967, with a grant from the Ulster Land Fund
Credit line
Castle Ward, The Bangor Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Jan Wyck (Haarlem 1645 - Mortlake 1700), artist previously catalogued as manner of Willem Wissing (Amsterdam 1656 - Burghley House 1687), artist