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Summary

anonymous: Richard Weston (1577–1635), 1st Earl of Portland, Diplomat, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord High Treasurer

Artist



Alternative names	Anthony van Dyck, Anthonie van Dyck, Anton van Dijck, Antonis van Deik, Antoon van Dijk, Anthonis van Dyck, Antoine van Dyck
Description	Flemish painter, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death	22 March 1599	9 December 1641
Location of birth/death	Antwerp	Blackfriars, London
Work location	Antwerp (1609–1610, 1615–1620), London (1620-March 1621), Category:Zaventem (1621), Genoa (October 1621-February 1622), Rome (February 1622-July 1622), Florence (1622), Bologna (1622), Venice (1622), Rome (1623), Mantua (1623), Genoa (1623), Palermo (1623–1624), Genoa (1624–1625), Antwerp (July 1627), London (1627-March 1628), Antwerp (March 1628), The Hague (1629), Antwerp (1629–1632), Haarlem (1632), City of Brussels (1632), London (May 1632-1634), Antwerp (1634–1635), City of Brussels (1634), London (1636–1640), Antwerp (18 October 1640-...), Paris (January 1641-November 1641), Blackfriars, London (November 1641-9 December 1641)
Authority file	: Q150679 VIAF: 17231738 ISNI: 0000000121222452 ULAN: 500115190 LCCN: n50070302 NLA: 36315831 WorldCat

Title

Portrait of Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland, British diplomat, chancellor of the exchequer and lord high treasurer (1577-1635)

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Depicted people

Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland

Date

after 1633 (date of original portrait on which this one is based)

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 73.5 cm (28.9 in); width: 61 cm (24 in)

Collection

Government Art Collection
Native name	Government Art Collection (GAC)
Parent institution	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Location	Works are displayed in several hundred locations, including Downing Street, ministerial offices and reception areas in Whitehall, regional government offices in the UK, and diplomatic posts around the world.
Established	1898
Website	https://artcollection.culture.gov.uk/
Authority file	: Q5588677 ISNI: 0000000121625155

Accession number

1507

Object history

20^th century
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
: in collection of J. V. T. Long
28 March 1952: purchased by Richard Walker on behalf of the Ministry of Works at the sale of the collection of J. V. T. Long (by his executors, Burch & Co. Solicitors) at Christie's, London, lot no. 120

Inscriptions

Text recto bottom left:

Vandike

Notes

GAC 0/19 is a version of the original full-length portrait on which this one is based

References

Art UK artwork ID: richard-weston-15771635-1st-earl-of-portland-diplomat-chancellor-of-the-exchequer-and-lord-high-treasurer-28129

Source/Photographer

object page; image; previous upload was here

Licensing

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	22:27, 8 July 2023	4,539 × 5,421 (12.2 MB)	Stv26	Original picture from the same page at the Government Art Collection, no other changes
	21:14, 29 January 2016	634 × 768 (100 KB)	Laura1822	newer, better image from same museum source
	06:16, 1 April 2008	331 × 400 (28 KB)	Adam sk~commonswiki	{{Information \|Description\|[[w:Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland\|Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland] (1577-1634/35). \|Source=http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/gac_images/Fullsize/01507.jpg \|Date=Contemporary portrait \|Author=[[w:Anthony van Dyck\|Anthony