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This painting alludes to the legend that James Stuart was saved by this loyal greyhound during a boar hunt. The hound has been rewarded with a pearl-studded collar, whilst the spear in the background is suggestive of a ‘character’ portrait. Known to be a keen actor, it is likely that it was the idea of the sitter that he be painted as Adonis, the hunter loved by Venus (he had previously been painted by van Dyck as the Trojan prince Paris).

English Heritage, Kenwood

London

Date

c.1636

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 99.7 x W 160 cm

Accession number

88028827

Acquisition method

Iveagh Bequest, 1929

Work type

Painting

English Heritage, Kenwood

Hampstead Lane, London, Greater London NW3 7JR England

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Artist or maker

Anthony van Dyck

1599–1641

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