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Type d'objet |
peinture object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
Description |
English: Full-length life-size oil painting portrait of English explorer Martin Frobisher commissioned by the Company of Cathay to commemorate his 1576 Northwest Passage voyage and promote the planned follow-up expedition of 1577.
It is the only surviving painting of a series of fifteen that Netherlandish artist Cornelis Ketel made in England between 1576 and 1578 for the Company. The fourteen lost paintings depicted English and Inuit people involved with Frobisher's three Northwest Passage voyages, as well as the ship Gabriel.
The only contemporary portrait of Frobisher. […] his sword and dagger have matching handles, blued and gilt. The globe behind Frobisher shows Europe and the eastern coast of North America. At some point the painting was cut down on the right side, and part of the composition may have been lost.
Frobisher stands gazing intensely out of the canvas. He wears a bosun's whistle around his neck (used for calling orders at sea) along with a rapier and dagger at his waist. In his left hand he carries an ornate wheel-lock pistol, his index finger ready on the trigger. These instruments have been 'carefully rendered' and suggest an elevated social status, while also to the 'nature and potential danger of his activities'. [...] Although the paintings of Frobisher, Lok and Hall were commissioned following the 1576 expedition, Frobisher's extant portrait is dated 1577. It is possible that Ketel took several months to finish the picture and dated it upon its completion; alternatively, the picture could have been strategically inscribed to coincide with fundraising for the company's second voyage. [...] Ketel shows Frobisher dressed head to toe in yellow hosen, breeches, and doublet, pictured as a gilded emblem for the company's prospects, a glowing beacon of its future fortunes. [...] while the company's choice to use the full-length format may reflect something of the influence of Netherlandish art in England, it seems also to have been chosen to convey the monumental potential and historic importance of the expedition itself.
he is comprehensively armed, perhaps a hint to potential interlopers, whilst around his neck, a whistle somewaht prematurely denotes high command at sea.
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Date |
1577 date QS:P571,+1577-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Technique / matériaux |
huile sur toile medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
hauteur : 208 cm ; largeur : 93 cm dimensions QS:P2048,208.0U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,93.0U174728 |
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q82133
institution QS:P195,Q34433 |
Lieu actuel |
Portraits |
Numéro d’inventaire |
Bodleian Library LP 50 |
Lieu de fabrication |
England |
Historique de conservation |
1576 : commandé par Company of Cathay pour £5
1674 : donné Oxford University par
creator QS:P170,Q3084997
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Expositions |
- Exhibition of National Portraits, South Kensington Museum, Londres, 1866, cat. nº 395
- National Exhibition of Works of Art, Leeds, 1868, cat. nº 3066
- Royal Naval Exhibition, Chelsea, 1891, cat. nº 224
- Historical Portraits, Oxford, 1904, cat. nº 68
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Inscriptions |
- Date recto en haut à gauche :
Aº dñi · 1577 ~
[Anno domini · 1577 ~] [In the year of the Lord · 1577 ~]
- Âge du modèle recto en haut à gauche :
Ætatis svæ · 39 ~
[At the age of 39 ~]
- Monogramme de l'artiste recto en haut à gauche :
· CK · F ·
[· Cornelis Ketel · Fecit ·] [· Cornelis Ketel · Made ·]
- Nom du modèle recto en haut à gauche :
Martin Frobiser Miles.
[Martin Frobisher Knight.] In late 17th century capitals
- Texte recto en haut à gauche :
ex dono Gvalteri Charleton, M.D.
[as a gift from Walter Charleton, M.D.] In late 17th century capitals |
Références |
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Source / photographe |
Digital Bodleian
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Autorisation (Réutilisation de ce fichier) |
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse
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L’auteur est mort en 1616 ; cette œuvre est donc également dans le domaine public dans tous les pays pour lesquels le droit d’auteur a une durée de vie de 100 ans ou moins après la mort de l’auteur.
Cette œuvre est dans le domaine public aux États-Unis car elle a été publiée avant le 1er janvier 1929.
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