File:Inigo Jones, 1573-1652 RMG L2151-003.tiff
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[edit]Inigo Jones, 1573-1652 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q171344 |
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Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Genre | portrait | |||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: Inigo Jones, 1573-1652 A half-length portrait to left, with the sitter wearing a brown coat, large plain white collar and cuffs, a brown skull-cap and holding a paper in his left hand. It was commissioned in 1757 by Sir Edward Littleton, MP (circa 1725-1812) when he was refurbishing his mansion, Teddesley Hall in Staffordshire, and collecting portraits of 'British worthies' for its decoration. These included a series of six terracotta library busts commissioned from Rysbrack, of which the National Maritime Museum holds three; of Cromwell, Sir Walter Ralegh and Francis Bacon. Hogarth was commissioned to paint Jones from a well-known print by Robert van der Voerst, after a red-chalk drawing by Van Dyck now at Chatsworth. The print and Hogarth's portrait are a reversed image of the drawing, which itself relates to Van Dyck's rather simpler oil portrait of Jones, now in the Hermitage collection, St Petersburg. Hogarth admired Van Dyck's style of portraiture, which he thought had inspired an English tradition, and he aspired to emphasize such continuity. Thus, in this portrait, he has attempted to reconstruct an image in the spirit of the earlier artist. Inigo Jones was celebrated as a designer of entertainments for the courts of James I and Charles I but his posthumous reputation is based on his architectural work. He was one of the first Englishmen to make a detailed study of the buildings of ancient Rome and of the works of the Italian Renaissance architects, particularly Andrea Palladio. Having been Surveyor to Henry, Prince of Wales, 1610-12, he became Surveyor-General to his father, James I, in 1615 and (from 1625) to Charles I. Jones introduced into England a rigorous interpretation of the classical language of architecture, including the hierarchical use of the architectural orders and their attendant details arranged through the appropriate use of number, measure and proportion. His influence was curtailed by the English Civil War (1642-49) but he enjoyed a great revival among Palladian architects of the 18th century. Of his own work, the Queen's House at Greenwich and the Banqueting House, Whitehall, are the major surviving examples. The Museum manuscript collection includes two letters from Hogarth to Littleton relating to delivery of this portrait (19 May and 9 September 1758; ref. AGC/6/28 and 29). |
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Depicted people | Inigo Jones | |||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
from 1757 until 1758 date QS:P571,+1757-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1757-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1758-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Painting: 915 mm x 710 mm; Frame: 1134 x 915 x 90 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q7374509 |
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Accession number |
BHC2810 |
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Notes | This object was sighted as being on display during the Collections Inventory Project (2001-2005). It will need to be checked for object numbers and its condition activity updated | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14283 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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Identifier InfoField | Acquisition Number: 1930-3 Caird Catalogue Number (CCAT): CC V1, P5, 38 id number: BHC2810 |
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Collection InfoField | Oil paintings |
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