Royal & Noble Including Jewels from an Important Noble Collection
Royal & Noble Including Jewels from an Important Noble Collection
The Property of Sir Brooke Boothby, 15th Bt., removed from Fonmon Castle, Glamorgan
After Sir Peter Lely
Portrait of King James VII & II (1633–1701) when Duke of York, half-length, wearing robes
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January 17, 03:45 PM GMT
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The Property of Sir Brooke Boothby, 15th Bt., removed from Fonmon Castle, Glamorgan
After Sir Peter Lely
Portrait of King James VII & II (1633–1701) when Duke of York, half-length, wearing robes
oil on canvas, in a carved wood frame
unframed: 76.8 x 63.3 cm.; 30¼ x 24⅞ in.
framed: 91.4 x 78.7 cm.; 36 x 31 in.
By descent in the Boothby family at Fonmon Castle, Glamorgan, to the present owner.
J. Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, 2 vols, Cardiff 1962, vol. II, p. 93, no. 11 (as Anonymous, c. 1665–70).
The Duke of York, the future James II, is depicted here wearing robes of state and the Collar and Great George of the Order of the Garter. This painting is a reduced copy after the full-length portrait by Sir Peter Lely (1618–1680) in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle.1 That portrait was copied many times and became, to some extent, the Duke's official likeness.
1 RCIN 405673; 1665–70, oil on canvas, 239.5 x 148.6 cm.; https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/18/collection/405673/james-ii-1633-1701-when-duke-of-york