Manner of Nicolas Hilliard Portrait of George Clifford (1558-1605)

with his coat of arms u.l., oil on canvas, 69 x 60cm; framed 94 x 84cm, The Tempest family, Tong Hall, Yorkshire; Henry Edmund Butler, later the 13th Viscount Mountgarret through his marriage in 1844 to Frances Penelope Rawson, daughter of Thomas Rawson and Frances Penelope Plumbe Tempest. 13th Viscount Mountgarret, Exhibited: City of Bradford Corporation Art Gallery, Cartwright Memorial Hall. Another portrait of the same composition is in the collection of Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria. George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland (15581605), was one of the most celebrated aristocrats of Elizabeth I's reign. Appointed the Queen’s Champion in 1590 and made a Knight of the Garter in 1592, he was renowned both for his prowess in the tournament and his later expeditions against Spanish interests. The present portrait is particularly significant for depicting Clifford in his celebrated Greenwich armour, made in 1586 under the direction of master armourer Jacob Halder. Its elaborate decoration incorporated Tudor roses, fleur-de-lys and Elizabeth I's cypher, visually proclaiming Clifford's royal allegiance. The armour survives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and is considered a high point of the Greenwich workshops. Condition Report, Condition Report, Believed to be late 17th/ early 18th century. Relined. Craquelure and surface dirt. Paint a little thin in places. The painting has been extensively retouched. Examined under UV light the surface is obscured by a layer of varnish, however extensive overpainting to the sitter's face, clothing, and the background is apparent. Please see additional condition images. Request A Condition Report, Request A Condition Report

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