The Portrait of Sir Robert Shirley is a painting by Sir Anthony van Dyck, a Flemish Baroque artist.[1] It is a portrait of Sir Robert Shirley (c. 1581 – 13 July 1628), the ambassador to the Safavid Shah Abbas (r. 1588–1629), beginning in 1608.[2] This painting was completed in Rome in 1622 and is one of a pair; its pendant depicts Shirley's wife, Lady Teresa Sampsonia, a Circassian noblewoman. It is notable for the rich Persian dress worn by Shirley. Both of these paintings are now in the collection of Petworth House, in West Sussex.
| Portrait of Sir Robert Shirley | |
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| Artist | Anthony van Dyck |
| Year | 1622 |
| Dimensions | 200 cm × 133.4 cm (79 in × 52.5 in) |
| Location | Petworth House, Petworth, West Sussex, England |
See also
editFurther reading
edit- Gary Schwartz, "The Shirleys and the Shah: Persia as the Stakes in a Rogues's Gambit," The fascination of Persia: The Persian-European dialogue in seventeenth-century art & contemporary art of Teheran, ed. Axel Langer, Zürich (Museum Rietberg) and Verlag Scheiddeger & Spiess 2013, pp. 78–99, 294–97, 300–20.
References
edit- ^ "The English adventurer and the Persian princess | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ National Trust. "Sir Robert Shirley (1581–1628) 486169". www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
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