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Description: | volume (60.5 x 43 x 5 cms) CRE Unknown; (?Dutch, 17th century) This volume is part of William Hunter's original bequest. It contains 102 portraits, inserted onto 60 pages. 89 are of Grand Masters of the Order of St. John which was established in 1113 to care for the sick and took on a military role in the Crusades. This print is one of 13 miscellaneous portraits of ecclesiastical, military and political leaders, scientists and poets scattered throughout the volume and reflects the fashion for collecting portraits of historical figures in 17th and 18th century Europe.
The identity of this member of the Order of the Golden Fleece - denoted by the chain around his neck, is not certain. It may be Albert de Ligne (1600-1674), Prince of Arenberg and Brabent and Commander-in-Chief of the Spanish forces in the Netherlands, whose portrait by Anthony Van Dyck shares similarities with this portrait. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PORTRAIT : VOLUME : : HUNTER VOLUME : ORDER OF MALTA : MALTESE CROSS : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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