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Known to be a keen actor, it is likely that it was the idea of the sitter that he be painted as Adonis, the hunter loved by Venus (he had previously been painted by van Dyck as the Trojan prince Paris). This fashion of allegorical or ‘character’ portraits was popular amongst English nobility, and this can be viewed as an example of a quintessential image of an English gentleman.
James Stuart was a cousin of Charles I, and fought for the Royalists during the English Civil War. He was one of five peers to offer themselves for execution in place of the King after his surrender in 1646.
Title
James Stuart (1612–1655), 1st Duke of Richmond and 4th Duke of Lennox
Date
c.1636
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 99.7 x W 160 cm
Accession number
88028827
Acquisition method
Iveagh Bequest, 1929
Work type
Painting