| Method | Etching |
| Artist | Wenceslaus Hollar after Anthony van Dyck |
| Published | 1645 |
| Dimensions | Image 219 x 179 mm, Sheet 240 x 185 mm |
| Notes |
Portrait of Richard Weston (but wrongly titled Jerome Weston), first Earl of Portland, half length, moustache and beard, wearing ruff, ribbon with medal, coat, and cloak over shoulder. Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland (1577 - 1635). Employed by James I on foreign missions he was adviser to Charles I after the death of the Duke of Buckingham and became Lord High Treasurer in 1628. Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) left his native Prague in 1627. He spent several years travelling and working in Germany before his patron, the Earl of Arundel brought him to London in 1636. During the civil wars, Hollar fought on the royalist side, after which he spent the years 1644-52 in Antwerp. Hollar's views of London form an important record of the city before the Great Fire of 1666. He was prolific and engraved a wide range of subjects, producing nearly 2,800 prints, numerous watercolours and many drawings. Pennington 1483 iii/iii, New Hollstein 160.I (Van Dyck), O'Donoghue 3 |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £80.00 |
| Stock ID | 25405 |