Prince James Francis Edward Stuart receiving his son, Prince Henry Benedict, in front of the Palazzo Muti, Rome

Italian

Scottish National Portrait Gallery

circa 1747

The palazzo dominates the picture, lavishly adorned with decorations including heraldic shields of of England, the Pope and Rome. A street crowd in foreground, lines of soldiers with Prince James speaking to a Cardinal with his sons behind.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 196 x 297 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £31250 ( Total: £412,500)
• ArtFunded in: 2000
• Vendor: Duke of Hamilton and Brandon

Provenance

Hamilton Palace Sale (Christie, Manson & Woods, London), 5 Nov 1919, lot 38; Rt Hon The Viscount Furness; Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 28 Mar 1947, lot 39; bt by 14th duke of Hamilton; Palace of Holyroodhouse, 1964; Lennoxlove House, East Lothian

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