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Image number: RS.9280
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Portrait of Paul Rycault
Date
1691
Sitter
Paul Rycaut (1629 - 1700, British) , Diplomat
Creator
Hans Hinrich Rundt (1655 - 1754, German) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 1245mm
width (painting): 953mm
width (painting): 953mm
Description
Three quarter length portrait of an elderly (aged 62 years) Rycault wearing a long brown wig. Dressed in a brown coat with a richly brocaded waistcoat and cuffs, with a lace-trimmed white shirt and lace neck-cloth. The sitter has brown gloves, one of which is held by the left hand: the right is bare and holding what may be a hat. By Rycault’s left hand is a sword-hilt. A background of architectural pillar and arches appears at the subject’s right (left as viewed).
Paul Rycault was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1666.
Paul Rycault was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1666.
Transcription
Sr.Paul Rycaut Rundt fec. 1691
Object history
Presented by the Rev. Dr. Leighton Pullan (1865-1940), 1934.
Correspondence preserved in the Society’s archives show that the painting was originally offered to the National Portrait Gallery (NPG), London. The Gallery suggested the Royal Society as a home, since NPG already had one image of the sitter. [Modern Domestic Archives MDA3/2 E.P.Pullan-Royal Society correspondence, 6 November-11 December 1934]. Accepted by Council of the Society on its Anniversary Day meeting, [Royal Society Minutes of Council, Printed, vol.14 1932-1936, meeting 30 November 1934, minute 25, p.180] the picture arrived on 11 December 1934.
Correspondence preserved in the Society’s archives show that the painting was originally offered to the National Portrait Gallery (NPG), London. The Gallery suggested the Royal Society as a home, since NPG already had one image of the sitter. [Modern Domestic Archives MDA3/2 E.P.Pullan-Royal Society correspondence, 6 November-11 December 1934]. Accepted by Council of the Society on its Anniversary Day meeting, [Royal Society Minutes of Council, Printed, vol.14 1932-1936, meeting 30 November 1934, minute 25, p.180] the picture arrived on 11 December 1934.
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