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Description: | Edward Cecil (1572-1638) entered military service about 1596. He served in the Low Countries under Sir Francis Vere during the wars between the Dutch and Spanish. He was a favourite of George Villies, Duke of Buckingham, Lord High Admiral. Cecil was appointed deputy in command of the disastrous expedition against Cadiz, Spain in 1625. Despite this, he came to be considered as an authority on military affairs. He was Governor of Portsmouth from 1630-8. The painting is inscribed with the sitter's age. Miereveld was born in Delft and became one of the leading exponents of formal portraiture during the first decades of the seventeenth century. He painted the portraits of many British statesmen and soldiers who were in the Low Countries visiting the court of Elizabeth of Bohemia in The Hague or were passing through on military campaigns. | Subjects: | Sir Edward); military and war portrait (Cecil | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Miereveld, Michiel Jansz. van (Dutch painter, 1567-1641) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8594... | Go to resource |
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