DUDLEY CARLETON VISCOUNT DORCHESTER - BY WILLEM JACOBSZ DELFF AFTER MICHIEL VAN MIEREVELT.

Portrait of Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester by Willem Jacobsz. Delff after Michiel van Mierevelt.

Carleton worked as a diplomat for James I and subsequently  Charles I in Venice, the Low Countries and France. He also acted as an agent for the greatest English art collectors of the day, buying old master paintings and liaising between English connoisseurs and contemporary artists on the Continent. He returned to England in 1628, where he was made a Viscount and Secretary of State.

Engraving c. 1620 in fine condition.

Height: 161mm Width: 127 mm  Framed: 450.mm x 370 mm

Price: £620