James Stuart (1612–1655), Duke of Richmond and Lennox
ca. 1633–35
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
85 x 50 1/4 in. (215.9 x 127.6 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889
Accession Number
89.15.16
Tags
Art Historical Context
Anthony van Dyck's *James Stuart (1612–5), Duke of Richmond Lennox* (ca. 1633–35) captures the elegance of Stuart court nobility in this monumental oil on canvas portrait, measuring over seven feet tall. As the leading portraitist of his era, van Dyck—fresh from Antwerp and newly appointed principal painter to King Charles I—excelled at rendering the aristocracy with poised grandeur, drawing on his training under Peter Paul Rubens to infuse his works with fluid brushwork and luminous realism. Painted during van Dyck's influential English period, the portrait depicts James Stuart, a prominent ...
About the Artist
Anthony van Dyck · 1599–1641
Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist who revolutionized portrait painting and became the most influential court painter in 17th-century England. Born in Antwerp as the seventh of twelve children to a prosperous silk merchant, van Dyck displayed extraordinary artistic talent from childhood. He trained under Hendrick van Balen before joining Peter Paul Rubens's workshop as a...