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English School, 1644 - Oil On Canvas Portrait Of Lucy Hutchinson (1620-1681) And Thomas Or Edward Hutchinson (b. 1639).
£24,250 $32,814 €27,841
Fine and historically significant English school portrait of a a lady and her son, traditionally identified as Lucy Hutchinson (1620-1681) and Thomas or Edward Hutchinson (b. 1639).
The elegant sitters are depicted three-quarter length within an interior. Lucy is seated upon a blue fringed throne chair and she affectionately holds the hand of her son who stands beside her.
Dressed in the highly fashionable shimmering silk clothing of the period, she sports a yellow silk robe with slashed sleeves and jewelled clasps and over this a claret coloured wrap. Her extensive jewellery includes a single stand pearl necklace, large drop pearls earrings, a four strand pearl bracelet, and a feather and gem set hair ornament.
He is wears an elaborate gold coloured ‘Vandyke’ costume with lace collar, lace cuffs and a blue sash. Behind them is an open window through which a stormy sky and fruiting grapevine can be seen.
Note ... This portrait is traditionally understood to depict one of the most important seventeenth century female biographers and poets, Lucy Hutchinson. Rightfully considered a significant female writer and translator in early-modern England, Hutchinson witnessed and wrote historical accounts of the English Civil Wars, one of the most turbulent periods of the nation’s history. The traditional identification is strengthened to due its close comparison to a portrait of Lucy by the interregnum artist Robert Walker.
The Sitter
Born in 1620 at the Tower of London, where her father Sir Allen Apsley (1566/7–1630) served as lieutenant, Lucy was provided with a substantial education rarely afforded to girls of the period. Her engrossed learning of texts, particularly sermons and biblical verses, was also due to the fervent Purtian sympathies of the Apsley family. After the untimely death of her father in 1630, and the difficulties her mother faced in her second marriage, fate ensued an encounter with her future husband John Hutchinson (c. 1615-1664) of Owthorpe in Nottinghamshire during her travels there. Their union, it seems clear, was one founded on a mutual appreciation for the arts with both familial and friendly connections with both musicians and writers, including John’s fellow lodger the musician Charles Coleman. They were married in Holborn, London, in 1638.
After pursuing studies in theology, John eventually answered the call of the Parliamentarian army and enlisted in the early 1640s during the outbreak of the Civil Wars. By 1643 he was appointed governor of Nottingham and of Nottingham Castle, presumably shortly before this portrait was produced. This period saw the beginnings of Lucy’s private accounts of John’s career, a pursuit which would eventually result in a full biography of her husband which was widely circulated in manuscript form but was never printed during her lifetime. The year 1644, painted onto this portrait, was one fraught with danger and uncertainty. Nottingham and the Midlands in general was particularly prone to Royalist bombardments and attacks during this early phase of the war, including those undertaken against the city by Sir Charles Lucas in that very year. 1644 witnessed one of the fiercest confrontations, including the Battle of Marston Moor in July which obliterated the Royalist forces in the north thus concentrating their remaining power in the Midlands and South. For Lucy, famously, by the increasingly calmer period of the 1650s her seriousness in the field of writing was enshrined by her translation of Lucretius''s De rerum natura, a lengthy project which was undertaken alongside other tracts possibly including Republican defences against the growing power of the
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1172555
Dateline of this antique is 17th Century
Height is 125cm (49.2inches)Width is 107cm (42.1inches)Depth is 5cm (2.0inches)
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