Category:James VI & I (John de Critz - Montacute House)

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James VI & I (John de Critz - Montacute House)
John de Critz: King James I of England and VI of Scotland (1566–1625)  wikidata:Q52237019 reasonator:Q52237019
Artist
John de Critz  (1551–1642)  wikidata:Q1383289
 
Alternative names
John De Critz the Elder, John Decritz
Description English painter
Date of birth/death 1551/2 1642 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
Work period c. 1590-1630
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creator QS:P170,Q1383289
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King James I of England and VI of Scotland (1566–1625) Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"King James I of England and VI of Scotland (1566–1625) Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"King James I of England and VI of Scotland (1566–1625) Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Portrait of King James I of England and VI of Scotland (1566-1625), three-quarter-length, in a white doublet with a lace collar, jewelled hose and a fur cloak, wearing the Greater George, a black hat with a jewel, holding a pair of gloves in his right hand, his left hand resting on the hilt of his sword.
Depicted people James VI and I Edit this at Wikidata
Date between circa 1603 and circa 1625
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1603-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Medium oil on panel Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 113 cm (44.4 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 87.6 cm (34.4 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+113.0U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+87.6U174728
institution QS:P195,Q333515
institution QS:P195,Q1635679
Accession number
2900021 (National Trust) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation England Edit this at Wikidata
Object history

Provenance:

  • Reputedly presented by the sitter to Sir Edward Phelips (c. 1550-1614), the builder of Montacute;
  • thence by descent until sold at auction at Phillips, London, 15 December 1987, lot 36 (bought for £34,000);
  • purchased by the National Trust at auction at Sotheby's London, 6 July 2011, lot 41, with funds from the Miss Moira Carmichael bequest and from other gifts and bequests.
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The present painting is one of a group of portraits of James I, associated with John De Critz, sergeant painter to the King from 1605, other versions of which include those at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich and St. John's College, Cambridge, as well as full length versions at Loseley Park and in the Prado, Madrid. In all these versions the King's costume and accoutrements vary subtly, particularly in relation to the ornamentation of his hat and the position of his hands. The jewel which decorates the King's black ostrich plumed hat in this particularly fine version is the celebrated Mirror of Great Britain, which was created in 1605 and included the famous 55.23 carat Sancy diamond, now on display in the Louvre, Paris. James I had bought the diamond in 1604 for 60,000 ecus from Nicholas de Sancy, whose brother, M. de Montglat, was the French Ambassador to London. In 1625 James I was succeeded by his son, Charles I, who disposed of the Mirror of Great Britain in order to raise money to finance his debts, but he retained the Sancy. The diamond remained one of the treasures of the British Crown Jewels until 1657, when it was acquired by Cardinal Jules Mazarin, First Minister of France and a great collector of precious stones, who bequeathed it to the French Crown upon his death.

This portrait was presented by James I to Sir Edward Phelips (c.1555/60-1614), Speaker of the House of Commons from 1603 to 1611, and later Master of the Rolls from 1611 until his death. A lawyer, and Justice of the Common Pleas in the County Palatine of Lancaster, he was active against the Catholics and was one of those appointed to examine the conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Infamously having once condemning a man to death 'simply for entertaining a Jesuit', when the case came to trial in January 1606 it was Phelips who opened the indictment against Guy Fawkes. It is quite possible that the present painting was given by the sitter in recognition of Phelips's services during the trial and subsequent prosecution.

The painting hung at Montacute House, in Somerset, built by Phelips in circa 1598 as his family's principal seat. The house is believed to have been designed by William Arnold, the architect responsible for both Cranborne Manor, in Dorset, and Wadham College, Oxford, and it is regarded as one of the finest surviving examples of late Elizabethan architecture in England. The house remained in the possession of Phelips's descendants until the early 20th century and is now owned by the National Trust, who aquired the property in 1927.(Extracted from: Sotheby's - lot 41).

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King James I of England and VI of Scotland (1566–1625) 
painting by John de Critz the elder
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LocationMontacute House, Montacute, South Somerset, Somerset, South West England, England
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  • c. 17th century (after 1603, before 1625)
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  • 87.6 cm
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  • 113 cm
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