Portia, looking over her right shoulder, left hand opening a chaffing-dish of red-hot coals, she in dark coloured drapery, a jewel at her breast, (half-length)

Unidentified

Marquis of Hamilton was in Germany in 1630s with British forces in the service of Gustavus Adolphus

Van der Doort c.1639

Walpole Society reference (1960):

WS 62, № 4

Measurements (Van der Doort):

1ft 2in x 1ft 0in (35.6 x 30.5cm)

Medium:

copper

Frame:

black ebony part-gilded frame

Provenance:

Marquis of Hamilton from Germany

Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited:

gift

Location:

Room description extended:

King's Chair Room in the Privy Gallery

Original Manuscript page number:

B.L. Add. MS. 10112, f. 5 and V&A MS, f. 83, no 4 (WS 223)

Interpreting the text:

The text in brackets comes from the V&A Manuscript

Identification certainty:

Unknown