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

Anthony Van Dyck, 1638

National Portrait Gallery, London

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.

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Title of artwork, date

Lord George Stuart, Seigneur D'Aubigny, 1618-42, 1638

Date supported

1988

Medium and material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

218 x 133 cm

Grant

50000

Total cost

380000

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