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The Duke of Buckingham and his Family
3 of 48 portraits of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
The Duke of Buckingham and his Family
after Gerrit van Honthorst
oil on canvas, (1628)
57 1/4 in. x 78 in. (1454 mm x 1981 mm)
Purchased, 1884
Primary Collection
NPG 711
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Sittersback to top
- George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628), Courtier; favourite of James I. Sitter associated with 48 portraits.
- Katharine, Duchess of Buckingham (died 1649), Wife of 1st Duke of Buckingham. Sitter in 5 portraits.
- George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1628-1687), Statesman and dramatist. Sitter associated with 14 portraits.
- Mary Villiers, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox (1622-1685), Daughter of 1st Duke of Buckingham and wife of 1st Duke of Richmond. Sitter associated with 16 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Gerrit van Honthorst (1590-1656), Artist. Artist associated with 50 portraits, Sitter associated with 5 portraits.
This portraitback to top
Buckingham used much of his wealth to amass a substantial collection of art and natural rarities and to patronise the most successful foreign artists of his day. This family portrait is a good, early copy of a painting by Honthorst of 1628, still in the Royal Collection. A second son was born after Buckingham's death.
Linked publicationsback to top
- MacLeod, Catherine, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery Collection at Montacute House, 1999, p. 35
- Piper, David, Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, 1625-1714, 1963, p. 40
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 706
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On display in Room 5 at Montacute House
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