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This group portrait commemorates the peace treaty between England and Spain in 1604 which brought an end to a war which had dragged on for almost twenty years. It may well record the appearance of the room in Old Somerset House where the negotiations were held. On the left are the members of the Hispano-Flemish delegation, on the right, the English commissioners. Between 20 May and 16 July 1604, eighteen conference sessions were held at Somerset House, and the treaty was signed on 16 August. Although it apparently bears the signature of the Spanish painter Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, this painting also bears an impossible date. It is generally thought that both signature and the date are false and that it is by a hitherto unidentified Flemish artist.
Title
The Somerset House Conference, 1604
Date
1604
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 205.7 x W 268 cm
Accession number
665
Acquisition method
Purchased, 1882
Work type
Painting
National Portrait Gallery, London
St Martin’s Place, London, Greater London WC2H 0HE England
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