Portrait of King James I of England and VI of Scotland (1566-1625), three-quarter-length, in a white doublet with a lace collar, jewelled hose and a fur cloak, wearing the Greater George, a black hat with a jewel, holding a pair of gloves in his right hand, his left hand resting on the hilt of his sword

This portrait relates to the full-length pattern for which payments are recorded in 1606 and 1607. There are autograph versions of the full-length type at Loseley Park, Guildford, and in the Dulwich College Picture Gallery, London. John de Critz was granted for life the office of Serjeant Painter to the King in May 1605, jointly with Leonard Fryer, an otherwise unknown decorative painter who died later that year. De Critz produced several three-quarter-length versions of the full-length type, including the 'Tyninghame' picture, and others in the Portland and Roseberry Collections. The de Critz portrait set the standard iconographical type and face pattern employed during the first half of James I's reign, until being superseded by Paul van Somer's full-length portrait of the King in Coronation robes, signed and dated 1618 (London, The Royal Collection).