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Description: | This portrait shows the Hon Sir Hew Dalrymple, Bt., MP, President of the Court of Session 1698, 3rd son of 1st Viscount Stair. The artist Sir John de Medina was born in Brussels in 1659 of Spanish extraction. He moved to London in 1688 and specialised in portraits of the Scottish nobility. David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven persuaded him to move to Edinburgh. He set up a studio there in 1693- 4 where he painted figure subjects as well as portraits. He was knighted in 1707 and died in 1710. | Subjects: | portrait | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Medina, John Baptist de (Flemish-Spanish painter, 1659-1710, active in Scotland) Æ Circle of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8558... | Go to resource |
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