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Portrait of Cardinal Granvelle

Maker

(Artists)
1550-1598

Title

Date of Production

1576

Medium

oil on copper

Dimensions

Height: 81.7 cm (copper)
Width: 61.6 cm (copper)

Accession Number

P.1947.LF.332

Mode of Acquisition

Arthur Hamilton Lee, bequest, 1947

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

On display

Keywords

Label Text

This portrait depicts Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, one of the most powerful political figures of his time. As a trusted advisor to Philip II of Spain, he oversaw diplomatic negotiations on the King’s behalf. Granvelle was a keen art collector and owned, amongst other works, Landscape with the Flight into Egypt by Pieter Bruegel. Unusually, this portrait is painted on a large sheet of copper rather than wood or canvas. Though valued for enhancing the colours of a painting, copper was expensive and rarely used in works of this size.

Provenance

By 1829, collection of Sir James Annesley Stewart; [break in provenance]; Until 1924, collection of the Duke of Westminster; purchased by Viscount Lee of Fareham at Christie’s London, 1924; Lee Bequest 1947

Exhibition History

National Gallery (permanent display during closure), National Gallery, London, 14/09/2018-03/09/2021

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