Portrait of Conyers d'Arcy, 1st Earl of Holderness (1599-1689), three-quarter-length, in a white doublet and lace ruff

Details

Portrait of Conyers d'Arcy, 1st Earl of Holderness (1599-1689), three-quarter-length, in a white doublet and lace ruff
inscribed 'ÆTATIS Suae. 27. / 1625' (upper left)
oil on canvas
36 1/8 x 30¼ in. (91.8 X 76.8 cm.)
with the sitter's coat-of-arms (upper right)

Provenance

By descent through the Dukes of Leeds, Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, to the present owner.

Literature

Hornby Castle, Catalogue of Pictures, London, 1898, p. 16, no. 180.
Historical and descriptive catalogue of pictures belonging to His Grace The Duke of Leeds, London, 1902, p. 65, no. 180.

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Lot Essay

D'Arcy was the son of Conyers D'Arcy, 7th Baron Darcy de Knayth (1570-1653) and Dorothy Belasyse, and he was baptised on 24 January 1599 at Kirkby Fleetham, co York. On 14 October 1616 he married Grace Rokeby, daughter of Thomas Rokeby, with whom he had two children, Conyers D'Arcy, 2nd Earl of Holderness (c.1621/1622-1692) and Grace D'Arcy (c.1633-1658). He succeeded to the titles of Baron Darcy de Knayth, Baron Conyers and Baron D'Arcy of Meinhill upon his father's death in 1654. He was created 1st Earl of Holderness on 5 December 1682.

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