File:Portrait of Robert, Lord Bruce, Later 2nd Earl of Elgin and 1st Earl of Ailesbury (by Cornelius Johnson).jpg

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Portrait of Robert, Lord Bruce, Later 2nd Earl of Elgin and 1st Earl of Ailesbury (by Cornelius Johnson)

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English: Cornelius Johnson

Portrait of Robert, Lord Bruce, Later 2nd Earl of Elgin and 1st Earl of Ailesbury (1626-1685)

signed lower right: C.J. fecit / 1635 and inscribed on a cartellino lower left: Robert Lord Bruce afterwards Earl of Ailesbury & Elgin drawne at the age of 7 years. C. Johnson Pt

oil on canvas

73.5 by 62 cm.; 29 by 24 1/2 in.

The sitter was the elder son of Thomas, Lord Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin and his wife Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Chichester. In 1646 he married Lady Diana Grey, daughter of the 1st Earl of Stamford, and in 1663 succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Elgin. The following year he was given the additional English title of Earl of Ailesbury by Charles II. He was later made Lord Chamberlain to James II, dying the year of the Glorious Revolution.
Date between 1630 and 1634
date QS:P,+1630-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1630-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1634-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2011/old-master-early-british-paintings-l11030/lot.142.html
Author
Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen  (1593–1661)  wikidata:Q636113
 
Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen
Alternative names
Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen, Cornelis Janson van Ceulen, Cornelius Johnson,
Cornelis Johnson van Ceulen, Cornelis Jansz. van Ceulen, Cornelius Jonson van Ceulen,
Cornelius Jonson
Description English-Dutch painter and miniaturist
Date of birth/death 14 October 1593 (baptised) 5 August 1661 (buried)
Location of birth/death London Utrecht
Work location
England (1618-1643), Middelburg (1643), Amsterdam (circa 1646
date QS:P,+1646-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
-circa 1652
date QS:P,+1652-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
), Utrecht (circa 1652-1661)
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creator QS:P170,Q636113

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