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Description: | James VIII and III ('The Old Pretender') is depicted half-length, in profile, his head facing the viewer, in a painted feigned oval. As the only surviving son of the exiled James VII and II and his queen, Mary of Modena, he was raised in France after his father's deposition in 1688. This portrait shows him dressed in armour and blue sash, recalling his military campaigns to reclaim the British throne (1706, 1708, 1715), all of which were unsuccessful. The portrait may have been painted before his subsequent exile in Rome and his marriage to the Polish princess Maria Clementina Sobieska in 1719. | Subjects: | portrait (James VIII and III) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Belle, Alexis-Simon (French painter, 1674-1734) Æ Attributed to school of Previously attributed to French School | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8672... | Go to resource |
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