Making An Exhibition [pt One]: 04-05/04/2009

[JON]

This was set in a Gallery, with paintings [mainly portraits] from different times. Here are some of the male sitters I can recall:-

POPE PAUL III [POPE 1534-49]
Seated on a lavish gilt and velvet throne [more ornate than Attached Image One].

'THE CAVALIER' [English: 1630-35/40]
Costume style like the left man's, but shockingly coloured like the right man's. Features like the central man's. [See Attached Image Two.]

'THE BROTHERS' [English: 1580s/90s]
Two young men. The left brother was attired like the left man, but had dark hair. The right brother like the right man, and had fair hair. [See Attached Image Three.]

UNKNOWN [English: 16th or 17th Century
Based upon an 15th Century original. The background was like salmon-pink silk, and of a foliage/floral pattern. The painted border was of gold leaves and vines. Sitter unknown, but the name 'Robert Spe[a]ke' and 'ca.1662' seemed to be connected with it. [See Attached Image Four. The sitter here was Richard III of England.]