The Somerset House Conference, 1604. Painiting by an unknow artist. Oil on canvas, 1604. This portrait commemorate the peace treaty between England and Spain. Between 20 May and 16 July 1604, eighteen conference sessions were held at Somerset House, signing the treaty on August 18. The sitters: on the left are the members of the Hispano-Flemish delegation (from the window: Juan de Velasco (Duke of Frias, Constable of Castile), Juan de Tassis (Count of Villa Mediana), Alessandro Robida (Senator of Milan), Charles de Ligne (Count of Aremberg), Jean Rechardot (President of the Council of State) a
The Somerset House Conference, 1604. Painiting by an unknow artist. Oil on canvas, 1604. This portrait commemorate the peace treaty between England and Spain. Between 20 May and 16 July 1604, eighteen conference sessions were held at Somerset House, signing the treaty on August 18. The sitters: on the left are the members of the Hispano-Flemish delegation (from the window: Juan de Velasco (Duke of Frias, Constable of Castile), Juan de Tassis (Count of Villa Mediana), Alessandro Robida (Senator of Milan), Charles de Ligne (Count of Aremberg), Jean Rechardot (President of the Council of State) and Louis Vereyken (Audencier of Brussels). On the right (from the window), the English commissioners: Thomas Sackville (1st Earl of Dorset), Charles Howard (1st Earl of Nottingham), Charles Blount (Earl of Devonshire), Henry Howard (1st Earl of Northampton), Robert Cecil (Viscount Cranborne, later 1st Earl of Salisbury). National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom.
Size: 5945px × 4613px
Photo credit: © Prisma Archivo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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