PORTRAIT OF KING JAKUB AND STUART OF ENGLAND, ca. 1625, BRITISH OR HOLENDER PAINTER

Oil, duplicated canvas, 60.5 x 49.5 cm
The portrait depicts the monarch probably in the period after 1620, and probably even later (he died in 1625).
The king is shown seated at an advanced age. The image refers to the famous portrait of James in formal attire with the Order of the Garter located in the National Portrait Gallery in London by the Dutchman Daniel Mytens (Mijtens, 1590-1647/48). A studio version is in the Sackville collection at the Knole estate, and numerous imitations are known.
However, as far as facial features or black attire are concerned, the author of a given portrait is rather closer to the full-figure likenesses painted by Fleming - Paul van Somer (1577-1621), which were also used by numerous artists making posthumous portraits of the king (e.g. van Dyck in 1630 for a portrait found at Windsor Castle) or copies, including busts, e.g. for gifts.
Interestingly, the blue ribbon of the Order of the Garter was treated as another slit in the portrayed person's robe (and the order itself is not visible), "masked," so to speak, whereas it was usually noticeable on the monarch's attire due to its bright blue rather than slightly blue color (or it could be the effect of faded pigment). It is possible that this may have been related to the portrait's creation in later times - during the Commonwealth and before the Stuart restoration in 1660, although it cannot be ruled out that the painting was created while the monarch was still alive (due to such a realistic depiction of his old age, it may indicate that the portrait was painted from a live model), and was cropped and therefore only the ribbon without the order is visible.
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