Death of Cardinal Beaufort Landscapes while the sitter

while the sitter

The influence of De Loutherbourg in terms of landscape and of Reynolds for the figures is apparent from the comparison with the paintings on each side

fell so completely in love with her that in 1625 he married her

A fragment - possibly

the pose in this picture seems to derive from Van Dyck's portrait of Charles I in three positions (Royal Collection)

Death of Cardinal Beaufort Landscapes while the sitterDestroyed in 1944. The subject was taken from Shakespeare's Henry VI part 2, 3, iii, where the King, Salisbury and Warwick witness the Cardinal's death. This is probably Reynolds's early version of the subject, which he later repeated on a larger scale and in upright format in 1788 (Petworth House, Sussex). The illustration is taken from an old photograph.