Portrait of an unknown Knight of the Garter c.1630-60

Oil on tortoiseshell | 7.5 x 5.9 cm (sight) | RCIN 420896

British School, 17th century

British School, 17th century

Description

This oil miniature probably once formed the base of a set of mica overlays (see 422098-9), which are now missing. It is unusual in being executed in oil on tortoiseshell; normally the base layers of such sets were painted in oil on copper. The subject is a young knight of the Garter, wearing an elaborately embroidered red and gold doublet with slashed sleeves. The subject may be fanciful, rather than intended as an accurate portrait.

Provenance

First recorded in the Royal Collection during the reign of HM Queen Elizabeth II
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection British School, 17th century
(artist)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Oil on tortoiseshell

oil paint, tortoise shell

Measurements

7.5 x 5.9 cm (sight)

8.1 x 6.1 cm (frame, external)
Groupings
Category
Miniatures (Paintings)
Object type(s)
visual works
miniatures (paintings)
Subject(s)
Genealogy and Heraldry
Orders (honour)
Order of the Garter (England)
References

Other number(s)

Reynolds 1999 : Reynolds, G., 1999. The Sixteenth & Seventeenth Century Miniatures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London – Reynolds 1999 427

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