Lord John Stuart and His Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart
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Artist | Anthony van Dyck |
Year | c. 1638 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 237.5 cm × 146.1 cm (93.5 in × 57.5 in) |
Location | National Gallery, London |
Lord John Stuart and His Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart is a large oil painting by Anthony van Dyck, executed c. 1638. The life-size double portrait depicts the two youngest sons of Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox: Lord John Stewart (1621–1644) and Lord Bernard Stuart (1622–1645), aged about 17 and 16 respectively. The painting measures 237.5 cm × 146.1 cm (93.5 in × 57.5 in), and has been in the collection of the National Gallery, London, since 1988.
The painting depicts two young men. On the left is the sixth son of the 3rd Duke of Lennox, Lord John Stewart, and on the right is his seventh son, Lord Bernard Stewart (as is common in modern times, the National Gallery uses the French-influenced spelling "Stuart" for their family's name). Van Dyck also painted a portrait of their older brother, James, later 4th Duke of Lennox and 1st Duke of Richmond, which is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The two brothers are fashionably dressed in rich silk and satin clothing, with lace collars. John is wearing warm shades of gold and brown; Bernard is dressed contrastingly in cooler silver and blue. The drape and hue of the luxurious fabrics is accentuated by the muted brown background. They are both dressed for a journey: the painting was commissioned shortly before they departed in 1639 for a three-year Grand Tour of Europe.
John is standing on a step, leaning on a stone plinth, looking into the distance past the viewer. Bernard has stepped up onto the step with his left leg, with his left hand resting on his hip so his left elbow juts out at an unnaturally awkward angle; he is gazing directly at the viewer, and lifting the edge of his cape with his right hand to reveal its silk linking, and his embroidered jacket and breeches; he also has leather boots with spurs, and a sword. They are standing close together, alluding to their close relationship, but their opposed postures and divergent eyelines suggest some unresolved tension between them.
Both brothers were killed while fighting for King Charles I in the English Civil War: John at the Battle of Cheriton in 1644, and Bernard the following year commanding the Life Guards at the Battle of Rowton Heath.
The painting was kept by the Stewart family until 1672, when Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox, died without issue. Most of his property and the Barony of Clifton were inherited by his sister Katherine O'Brien, 7th Baroness Clifton, and the painting was later in the collection of her granddaughter Theodosia Hyde, 10th Baroness Clifton. It remained in the family until it was sold around 1904 to the art dealer Sir George Donaldson. It was acquired by the banker Sir Ernest Cassel and passed down to his great-granddaughters Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, and Lady Pamela Hicks. It was bought by the National Gallery in London in 1988.
- Lord John Stuart and His Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart, with frame
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See also
References
- Lord John Stuart and his Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart, National Gallery
- Lord John Stuart and his Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart, Art UK
- Double Portrait of Lord John Stewart (1621–1644) en Lord Bernard Stewart, later Earl of Lichfield (1623–1645), ca. 1638, RKD- Netherlands Institute for Art History
- Portrait of James Stuart (1612–1655), Duke of Richmond and Lennox, Metropolitan Museum of Art
External links
Media related to Lord John Stuart and his Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart (Van Dyck) at Wikimedia Commons
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