Christopher William Hanneman (1755-93)
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1628-87), and Lord Francis Villiers (1629-48) Signed and dated 1783
Oil on canvas | 153.3 x 128.9 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 407231
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A good copy of RCIN 404401. The sitters were the sons of the murdered Duke of Buckingham and were brought up by Charles I, with his own children. The young Duke and his brother served in the Civil War and Lord Francis, praised by the poet Andrew Marvell for his 'inimitable handsome-ness', was killed near Kingston-on-Thames. After the Restoration the Duke was one of the most brilliant and notorious members of the court of Charles II.
Provenance
Possibly painted for George III; recorded in the Queen's Gallery at Kensington Palace in 1818 (no 269); in Queen Mary's Closet at Hampton Court in 1861 (no 245)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
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153.3 x 128.9 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
170.9 x 147.0 x 7.9 cm (frame, external)
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The Villiers boys
