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Description: | The son of Medina de l'Asturius, a captain in the Spanish service, Medina was born in 1659. He studied in Brussels under François Duchastel, but also made studies from Rubens. When he was 26 he came to England, and for a time painted portraits. He was invited to visit Scotland under the patronage of the Earl of Leven, who gave him many commissions. While there he painted the portraits of many Scottish nobles. At Wentworth Castle there is a large picture of the first Duke of Argyll, with his two sons. Medina's self-portrait was sent by the Duke of Gordon to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and it was placed in the Florentine Gallery. He occasionally painted landscapes and history subjects and a rare example of his ventures into book illustration is the fourth edition of John Milton's Paradise Lost, (London 1688). He died in Edinburgh in 1710. | Subjects: | George) portrait (Home | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Medina, John Baptist de (Flemish-Spanish painter, 1659-1710, active in Scotland) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8321... | Go to resource |
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