Adam de Colone
Adam de Colone, or Adam Louisz. de Colonia (c. 1572 in Antwerp – buried 19 August 1651 in Rotterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter active in Scotland during the reigns of James VI and I and Charles I of England.
Biography
It has been assumed that Adam was the son of the King's Painter in Scotland,
Adam is presumed to have studied in the Low Countries, in 1598 he joined the guild in Dordrecht, and was presumably already active as a painter in 1593 in Rotterdam when he married. He was father of the painter Isaac Colonia (1611-1663) and grandfather of Adam Colonia (1634-1685).[1] He moved to London in 1622 and settled in Scotland in 1624. Working at the Court in Whitehall he painted at least two full-length portraits of James VI in 1623, and many of the Scottish nobility.[6] He was paid for London portraits by James I in 1623.[4] (It is unclear if Adam joined his sister in Edinburgh before 1620.)
The earliest portrait of a Scottish sitter recognized as Adam's work is dated 1622, though his portrait of Sir William Stewart of Grandtully (1567-1646) is dated 1613. Most of his works have painted inscriptions showing distinctively shaped letters and numerals. A record of payments in 1628 by George Seton, 3rd Earl of Winton for portraits is preserved;
Item gevine to Adame the painter for my Lord Errol, my Lady Hay, and James Maxwells portraits, 86 lib. 13b s. 4 d.
Item, gevine to Adame the painter for my aune portraitte gevine to my sister (Isobel Seton), 40 lib.[7]
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References
- ^ RKD
- ^ Art History News
- ^ "News". 24 January 2012.
- ^ RKD[dead link]
- ^ National Portrait Gallery
- ^ National Galleries Scotland
- ^ J. Stuart, ed., HMC, 2nd Report, 'Papers of Forbes Leith of Whitehaugh' (1874), p. 199: D. Thomson, Painting in Scotland, 1570-1650, (Edinburgh 1975), 52, notes the pictures may have been painted in London.
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