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ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection
Object Name
Painting (James VI)
Picture
Portrait
Object Number
ABDUA:30628
Other Number
x
Other Number Type
Old number
Brief Description
1/2 portrait of King James VI, facing right. White moustache and small beard, with brown collar-length hair. Wearing a large wide-brimmed hat with jewel pinning brim up at side, large ruff and gold embroidered jerkin, and wide blue ribbon hanging from neck. On a plain dark brown background.
Content Description
King James VI
Dimensions
H: 850 mm W: 750 mm Th: 60 mm | H: 590 mm W: 490 mm
Materials
Oil on canvas
Technique
Painting
Maker
P.W
Object Production Date
1600-1713
Place Key
Europe, Scotland, North-East, Aberdeen
Inscription Content
Mid left: No2 Top right signed (faint & blurred): PW ? Nameplate: James IV
Publication Note
The Public Catalogue Foundation (PCF), 'Oil Paintings in Public Ownership - Aberdeen', 2013. LEMUR Database. Copy of the work at Hatfield by Adam de Colone, dated 1623, Knights notes p1292-1293: 'in 1713 (22 Aug) this was laid in his chamber £14.6.8, Cut and remounted Hay and Lyal 1885-1895
Caption
"This work is likely to be a 19th century copy of ABDUA: 30090. It is one of a large number of images of the Stuart dynasty in general in the university collection. These images attest to Stuart Royal patronage of King's College and later to the prolonged Jacobite sympathies of both King's and Marischal Colleges. This particular image is based on a 1623 painting of James VI by Adam de Colone now in Hatfield House."
Author: Morrison,John Date: 2002 Purpose: HA3541
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