Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Painted Portraits Collected by British Monarchs

Anonymous artist working in Flanders
Unknown Young Lady posing as Diana
17th century
oil on canvas
(provenance unknown)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Anonymous artist
Luis Mendes de Vasconcellos (possibly)
ca. 1580-90
oil on canvas
(first recorded in the reign of Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Anonymous artist working in France
Anne of Austria, Queen of France
17th century
oil on canvas
(provenance unknown)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Jan de Baen
William III when Prince of Orange
ca. 1667
oil on canvas
(first recorded in the reign of Queen Anne)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Frans Pourbus the Younger
Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia, Archduchess of Austria
ca. 1598-1600
oil on canvas
(first recorded in the reign of James I)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Jean Petitot
Miniature Portrait of Cardinal Mazarin
ca. 1661
enamel
(provenance unknown)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Leandro Bassano
Sculptor Tiziano Aspetti holding a statuette
ca. 1592-93
oil on canvas
(first recorded in the reign of George III)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Cornelis Ketel
A Giant Porter
1580
oil on canvas
(first recorded in the reign of Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Remigius van Leemput after Hans Holbein
 Henry VII and Elizabeth of York (background)
Henry VIII and Jane Seymour (foreground)

(copy of Whitehall mural by Holbein, now lost)
1667
oil on canvas
(first recorded in the reign of Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

John Riley
Bridget Holmes, 'Necessary Woman'
 (royal servant, painted at reputed age of 96)
1686
oil on canvas
(first recorded in the reign of Queen Anne)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Karel van Mander III
Christian IV, King of Denmark
1640
oil on canvas
(first recorded in the reign of Charles II)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Godfrey Kneller
William III in Garter robes
(fragment of wall-painting, formerly at Windsor)
ca. 1695-1700
oil on plaster
(first recorded in the reign of William III)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Peter Lely
Prince Rupert of the Rhine
ca. 1665-68
oil on canvas
(painted for James II when Duke of York)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Philip de László
Field Marshall Sir George White
1900
oil on canvas
(commissioned by Queen Victoria)
Royal Collection, Great Britain