Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban
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Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, after 1731 (circa 1618)
79 in. x 50 in. (2007 mm x 1270 mm)
Purchased, 1900
Primary Collection
NPG 1288
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Sitterback to top
- Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban (1561-1626), Philosopher and Lord Chancellor. Sitter associated with 61 portraits.
This portraitback to top
This portrait is a later version of a contemporary painting showing Bacon in his parliamentary robes.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D17100: Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban (source portrait)
- NPG D39992: Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban (source portrait)
- NPG D39993: Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban (source portrait)
Linked publicationsback to top
- MacLeod, Catherine, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery Collection at Montacute House, 1999, p. 20
- Nicholl, Charles, Character Sketches: Elizabethan Writers, 1997, p. 54
- Nicholl, Charles, Insights: Shakespeare and His Contemporaries, 2005, p. 92
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 27
- Strong, Roy, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits, 1969, p. 11
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