Wenzel Hollar (1607-1677) after Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641)

Antique print, etching | Portrait of Richard Weston, published 1645,1 p.

Name: Antique print, etching | Portrait of Richard Weston, published 1645,1 p.
SKU: PR121046
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Portrait of Richard Weston, first Earl of Portland, half-length, frontal, but the head turned to the left, with moustache and beard, wearing ruff, ribbon with medal, coat, and cloak over right shoulder, his left hand resting on surface in front; first, lettered state with the title and production details.

Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland, (1577-1634), born Roxwell in Essex, England, eldest son and heir of Sir Hierome Weston, High Sheriff of Essex, and Mary Cave. During the reign of King James I of England, Richard was sent on embassies to Bohemia, Brussels, and Spain. On the last assignment, he negotiated for the restitution of the Palatine. Upon his return to England, Richard was made Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was elevated to the peerage on April 13, 1628, as Baron Weston of Neyland. He was subsequently made Lord Treasurer of England and invested with the Order of the Garter.

Inscribed at bottom: “PerIllustris Dominvs Hieronymvs Westonivs, Comes Portlandiæ, / Heylandæq, etc,'”

Signed: Antonius van Dyck pinxit / W:Hollar fecit aqua forti, 1645 / Ioannes Meysens excudit.

From a set of portraits after Van Dyck, published by Joannes Meyssens.

On verso collector’s mark of Arenberg [L. 567].

[NL] Portret van Richard Weston, eerste graaf van Portland. Portretten naar Anthony van Dyck door Joannes Meyssens uitgegeven (serietitel).

SKU: PR121046

Etching on paper trimmed within the plate and pasted down; total: 303 x 235 mm; I/3 (?) state; some rubbing, otherwise in good condition; Pennington 1483.

€ 302,50 (€ 250,00 ex. btw)

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