Charles d'Amboise - Portrait Confusion
Location: Seattle, King, Washington, United States
Surnames/tags: d'Amboise Douglas
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Painting by Bernardino de Conti, circa 1505.[1][2]
The Seattle Art Museum has researched the painting and identitfied it as that of Charles (Amboise) d'Amboise (1473-1511). d'Amboise was a patron of Leonardo da Vinci but d'Amboise commission Bernardino de Conti, a student of da Vincis, to paint his portrait.
It has also been claimed to be either James Douglas (1286-1330) or Archibald (Douglas) Douglas Fourth Earl of Douglas Duke of Touraine (abt.1370-1424).[3] [4]
The museum's analysis includes the dress and the collar of scallop shells and knots which is the symbol of the Order of St. Michael.
According to WIkipedia, Archibald (Douglas) Douglas VIth Earl of Angus (1489-bef.1557) was appointed to the Order of St. Michael was appointed to the order in 1545 by Francis I of France.[5] Note that de Conti died about 1525 so wouldn't have painted a portrait of Douglas with the Order of Saint Michael honor.[2] For the other two Douglas Earls, they died well before the Order of Saint Michael was established so wouldn't have been painted with the honors.
See other portrait of Charles d'Amboise uploaded to this page. Same scallop and knot collar, face seems to match and similar head gear and badge on it.
Sources
- ↑ de Conti, Bernardino, portrait of Charles d'Amboise, circa 1505, image, (https://art.seattleartmuseum.org/objects/13470/charles-damboise : accessed 25 February 2023), Seattle Art Museum
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wikipedia. “Bernardino de' Conti”, Wikimedia Foundation. Last edited on 21 February 2023, at 09:54 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardino_de%27_Conti
- ↑ Wikipedia. “Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas”, Wikimedia Foundation. Last modified 6 February 2023, at 17:32 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Douglas,_4th_Earl_of_Douglas
- ↑ Wikipedia. “James Douglas, Lord of Douglas”, Wikimedia Foundation. Last modified 23 February 2023, at 05:46 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas,_Lord_of_Douglas
- ↑ Wikipedia. “Order of Saint Michael”, Wikimedia Foundation. Last edited on 3 November 2022, at 17:06 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Saint_Michael
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