Remigius van Leemput (d. 1675)
Henry Hyde, second Earl of Clarendon (1638-1709), when Viscount Cornbury, with his first wife, Theodosia Capel (1640-62) c. 1661-1710
Oil on panel | 36.8 x 47.4 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 403541
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A copy of a double portrait by Lely, painted in 1661. The signed original belongs to the Earl of Clarendon. Lord Cornbury was Private Secretary and Chamberlain to Catherine of Braganza and a supporter of his brother-in-law, James II. He married his first wife, daughter of Lord Capel, in January 1661. This copy was possibly painted for Queen Anne, who was Lord Cornbury's niece.
The painting appears in Pyne's illustrated 'Royal Residences' of 1819, hanging in The Queen's Closet at Kensington Palace (RCIN 922154).Provenance
First recorded at Kensington Palace in 1710 (no 50), as 'brought from the Store Room' to the Waiting Room called the Lanthorn Room
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Medium and techniques
Oil on panel
Measurements
36.8 x 47.4 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
46.0 x 56.7 x 4.2 cm (frame, external)
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