Sir Arthur Acland Kt (d.1610)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 (inscribed)
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
1092 x 787 mm (43 x 31 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Killerton, Devon
NT 922288
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Sir Arthur Acland Kt (d.1610), British (English) School, inscribed bottom left (later, in house style), Sr. Arthur Acland Kt./1600. Son of Hugh Acland (d.1622) and Margaret Monke. Portrait of a young man, three-quarter-length, three-quarter profile, turning to the left, gazing at spectator. His hair is short and brushed back and he wears a short 'Van Dyke' beard and moustache. He wears a ruff, and a black jerkin, and large a fur-lined cloak, dyed lilac. The cloak rests on his left shoulder and is wrapped around his waist, he left hand protruding through it. His right hand is placed on a green-cloth-covered table on the left, on which his hat rests. He married Elinor Mallet (d.1606) who on his death married Francis Vincent 1st Bt (c.1568-1640). Sir Arthur's son was Sir John Acland 1st Bt (c.1591-1647) who married Elizabeth Vincent the daughter of his step-father's first marriage to Sarah Paulet (d.1608).
Provenance
Accepted in lieu by HM Government and transferred to the National Trust in 1995, as by circle of Marcus Gheeraerts the younger.
Credit line
Killerton, The Acland Collection (accepted in lieu by HM Government and transferred to The National Trust in 1995)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Inscribed bottom left (later, in house style) Inscribed: Sr. Arthur Acland Kt. / 1600. Recto: Inscribed Label : 44 SIR ARTHUR ACLAND / SON OF JOHN 1606
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist previously catalogued as circle of Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (Bruges 1561/2 - London 1636), artist