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Three-quarter-length portrait of Viscount Brouncker, seated, his body left side-on to the viewer, his face turned and in half-profile. Brouncker is dressed in a white shirt with black ribbon ties at the cuffs and a white lace neckcloth. He wears a loose brown robe over these and the green and gold upholstery of his chair is just visible through its folds. Brouncker’s hair is natural, black and shoulder-length and he has a narrow, black moustache. His right index finger points towards a paper held upright on a small wooden easel on the red cloth covered table before him, and this contains a geometrical drawing of a curve. The left hand supports his robe. Behind is a fluted architectural pillar and red drapery.

The Royal Society

London

Title

William Brouncker (1620–1684), 2nd Viscount Brouncker of Lyons

Date

c.1674

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 126.7 x W 101.3 cm

Accession number

RS.9721

Acquisition method

presented by the sitter, 1675

Work type

Painting

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The Royal Society

6–9 Carlton House Terrace, London, Greater London SW1Y 5AG England

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