Lord George Stuart, Seigneur D'Aubigny, 1618-42

Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599 - 1641)

National Portrait Gallery

1638

This full length portrait probably commemorates a marriage. Lord George Stuart had been brought up in France as a Catholic. The portrait is inscribed with the motto in Latin 'Love is stronger than I am' which is presumably an allusion to his conflicting loyalties at the time of his secret marriage in 1638 to Lady Katherine Howard, daughter of the Earl of Suffolk, a papist. The match incurred the wrath of Lord George's guardian, the King.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 218 x 133 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £50000 ( Total: £380,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1988
• Vendor: Browse & Darby

Provenance

Browse & Derby.

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