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Portrait of Sir Thomas Thynne, later 1st Viscount Weymouth

Maker

(Artists)
1618-1680

Title

Portrait of Sir Thomas Thynne, later 1st Viscount Weymouth

Date of Production

(circa) 1675

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 125 cm (canvas)
Width: 102.2 cm (canvas)

Accession Number

P.1947.LF.217

Mode of Acquisition

Arthur Hamilton Lee, bequest, 1947

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Label Text

Thomas Thynne was member of Parliament for Oxford University and later Tamworth. He was created Viscount Weymouth in 1682.
Though this portrait demonstrates Lely’s successful adoption of the elegant style of Van Dyck, it has a formulaic quality absent from the Flemish master’s work. Thomas Thynne’s pose recurs in several other works by Lely. Indeed, to keep up with demand, Lely had his studio assistants prepare paintings with stock poses to which he simply added his sitter’s features.

Provenance

Lee Bequest 1947

Exhibition History

The Gilbert, Courtauld and Wernher Collections, London & England, 07/01/1998-03/02/1998

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