Sir Theodore Turquet de Mayerne

Sitterback to top

• Sir Theodore Turquet de Mayerne (1573-1655), Physician and chemist. Sitter associated with 9 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Unknown artist. Artist associated with 6232 portraits.

This portraitback to top

Mayerne's costume, a red robe like a Roman toga, suggests associations with classical antiquity and particularly with the learning of ancient Rome. The inscription around the painting, now partially lost, refers to his position as physician to James I and Charles I, and to his title as seigneur of Aubonne, a property he bought in Switzerland

Linked publicationsback to top

• MacLeod, Catharine (preface, appreciation) Wilks, Timothy (introduction) Smuts, Malcolm (appreciation) MacGibbon, Rab (appendix), The Lost Prince: The Life and Death of Henry Stuart, 2012 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 18 October 2012 to 13 January 2013), p. 162
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 423

Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top

• The Lost Prince: The Life & Death of Henry Stuart (18 October 2012 - 13 January 2013)
• Theodore de Mayerne (24 May 2004 - 26 September 2004)

Subject/Themeback to top

• On display at the Gallery