Lot 184: Attributed to John de Critz I (Antwerp 1551/2-1642 London) and Studio

Attributed to John de Critz I (Antwerp 1551/2-1642 London) and Studio
Portrait of King James I of England and VI of Scotland (1566-1625), three-quarter-length, in a white doublet with a lace collar, jewelled hose and a fur cloak, wearing the Greater George, a black hat with a jewel, holding a pair of gloves in his right hand, his left hand resting on the hilt of his sword
oil on panel
45 x 32 5/8 in. (114.3 x 82.8 cm.)

Edinburgh, A Loan Exhibition of Works of Old Masters and Scottish National Portraits, 1883, no. 67.

Sir W. Fraser, Memorials of the Earls of Haddington, 1889, I, p. 376, no. 40.
R. Strong, The English Icon, London and New York, 1969, p. 264, no. 248, illustrated.
R. Strong, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits, London, 1979, I, p. 179.

Presented by King James VI and I, to his Secretary of State, Sir Thomas Haddington, 1st Earl of Haddington (1563-1637) and by descent to
The 13th Earl of Haddington, Tyninghame; Sotheby's, London, 25-27 September 1987, lot 532, as 'John de Critz' (£96,000).
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Gentleman]; Christie's, London, 15 December 1993, lot 6, as 'John de Critz, the Elder' (£34,500).

Attributed to John de Critz I (Antwerp 1551/2-1642 London) and Studio
Portrait of King James I of England and VI of Scotland (1566-1625), three-quarter-length, in a white doublet with a lace collar, jewelled hose and a fur cloak, wearing the Greater George, a black hat with a jewel, holding a pair of gloves in his right hand, his left hand resting on the hilt of his sword
oil on panel
45 x 32 5/8 in. (114.3 x 82.8 cm.)