John Closterman (1660-1711)

細節

John Closterman (1660-1711)

Portrait of William Keith, 8th Earl Marischal (c. 1664-1712), three-quarter-length, in a purple coat, a white stock and a brown mantle with gold trim, holding a baton and leaning on a plinth

with partly erroneous inscription upper right 'WILLIAM/9th EARL MARISCHAL/Na 1635.Ob1712', and with similar inscription on a label on the reverse 'William 9th Earl Marischal who died in the year 1712...';

48½ x 39½in. (122.5 x 100.3cm.)

來源

presumably by descent to Lady Mary Keith, wife of the 6th Earl of Wigton and mother of Lady Clementina Fleming, wife of Charles, 10th Baron Elphinstone

拍品專文

The sitter, a keen supporter of the Jacobite cause, married Mary, daughter of James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth, circa 1690. He was succeeded by his son George, also a staunch Jacobite, as 9th Earl Marischal (1693-1778).