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Description: | This portrait of James VI of Scotland and I of England represents an aging but fashionable monarch, dressed in brooched hat, stiff lace collar and red doublet embroidered with gold. He also wears the badge of the Order of the Garter, depicting St George slaying the dragon, on a blue ribbon. It is thought to be by, or from the studio of, Paulus van Somer, and makes an interesting comparison with the much-copied head and shoulder portrait by John de Critz, which represents the sitter as a slightly younger man. With Daniel Mytens and de Critz, van Somer was considered among the best Flemish portrait painters in England before the arrival of Anthony van Dyck. He died in London in 1621. | Subjects: | portrait (King James VI and I) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Somer, Paulus van, I (Flemish painter and printmaker, 1576-1621) Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8631... | Go to resource |
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