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A full-length portrait, facing to the left, in a leather coat and breast plate, with red and gold laced breeches thrust into boots. He wears a black full-bottomed wig and a sword on a heavy silver and gold embroidered baldric and holds a baton in his left hand. He stands against a backdrop of curtains and in the background is a gauntlet and helmet on a covered table. There is sea and sky beyond. A son of Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, and a nephew of Charles I, Prince Rupert fought on land for his uncle throughout the Civil War. He became famous as a cavalry leader and in 1644 was made a Commander-in-Chief. After the war was lost, Rupert retired to the Continent where he took command of the Royalist fleet which was practically destroyed by Blake in 1650.
The portrait was painted in about 1834 to 1845 for the Greenwich Hospital Collection and extended to full-length. It is based on the three-quarter-length flagman of 1666 in the Royal Collection mentioned in Pepys Diary of 18 April 1666.
Title
Prince Rupert (1619–1682), 1st Duke of Cumberland and Count Palatine of the Rhine
Date
1834–1845
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 239.5 x W 148.3 cm
Accession number
BHC2990
Acquisition method
National Maritime Museum (Greenwich Hospital Collection)
Work type
Painting
