Oil painting on canvas, mountjoy blount, 1st earl of newport (1597-1665), lord george goring (1608-1657) and a page by sir anthony van dyck (antwerp 1599 - london 1641), 1635/40. Three three-quarter-length portraits, standing with lord newport on the left-hand side, his body profile right, and his head three-quarters to the right, his right arm in a silver-white sleeve across the centre, the gloved hand resting on a staff. He is wearing a cuirass, with a green sash and a buff coat and scarlet breeches. Lord goring is full face, three-quartrers left, in cinnamon, with a page fastening his rose silk sash. The two royalist officers are portrayed just before the civil war whihc they both survived. The composition of lord goring ironically seems to have been inspired by robert walker's portrait of oliver cromwell in the national portrait gallery, london. Object Type: painting. Genre: group portrait. Date: between 1635 and 1640. Place of creation: England. Dimensions: height: 128 cm (50.3 in) ; width: 151 cm (59.4 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport, George Goring, Lord Goring. Collection: National Trust. Van Dyck - Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport (1597-1665), Lord George Goring (1608-1657) and a Page, 1635 - 1640
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