Portrait Of George, Baron Goring
1608-1657
George Goring stares out with the kind of confident swagger only a 17th-century cavalry commander could muster, clad in gleaming black armor that contrasts sharply with his massive, crisp white collar. Van Dyck, the ultimate celebrity portraitist of his day, captured him looking every bit the romantic hero, which was quite the feat for a man history remembers as a luxury-loving rogue with questionable loyalty during the English Civil War. That enormous collar looks like it took an hour just to starch, proving that 17th-century military fashion was just as demanding as it was dashing.
- Technique
- Oil on canvas
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