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A portrait of James Graham, who was once a student at St Salvator's College, 1627-1629. He is shown here standing in three-quarter view, holding the barrel of a gun in his right hand and wearing armour.
This picture is a copy of the Honthorst portrait of Montrose commissioned by the Queen of Bohemia (the Winter Queen, sister of Charles I) in 1649.
Attribution and date of copy based on the inscription on the reverse of the portrait.
Alexander was a portrait painter, engraver and etcher. He may have been born in Aberdeen.
Gerrit Honthorst (1592-1656) was a Dutch painter and draftsman.
The portrait attributed to Honthorst is in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery (998) and another copy of this work is in the National Portrait Gallery (4406). | Publisher: | University of St Andrews | Rights holder: | 47795 | Subjects: | PORTRAIT WINTER QUEEN CHARLES I STUDENT SILVER ARROW EARL OF SOUTHESK MARQUESS EXECUTION ALUMNUS ARCHERY painting | Temporal: | 1731/1731 | Source: | University of St Andrews | Creator: | ALEXANDER, John [attrib.], | Identifier: | HC211 | Language: | en-GB |
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