. Stories of the Flemish & Dutch artists, from the time of the Van Eycks to the end of the seventeenth century . miniatureportrait of the lady in question, who was indeednone other than Mary Ruthven, the daughter ofthe Earl of Gore. Vandyck appeared to be greatlydelighted with it, and immediately wished to ac-company his friends to Court to meet his futurewife. But Buckingham stopped him, saying thathe would not find the lady in the audience chamber;but that she held the post of governess to the youngPrince of Wales and his two sisters, and that ifhe wished to see her and have an opportunity o
. Stories of the Flemish & Dutch artists, from the time of the Van Eycks to the end of the seventeenth century . miniatureportrait of the lady in question, who was indeednone other than Mary Ruthven, the daughter ofthe Earl of Gore. Vandyck appeared to be greatlydelighted with it, and immediately wished to ac-company his friends to Court to meet his futurewife. But Buckingham stopped him, saying thathe would not find the lady in the audience chamber;but that she held the post of governess to the youngPrince of Wales and his two sisters, and that ifhe wished to see her and have an opportunity ofbecoming acquainted with her, he must take withhim his painting materials and make pretence ofpainting the royal children. He would be ableto see and speak to her without fear of interrup-tion. On arriving at Court the King received himgraciously, and forthwith commanded him to paintthe children, saying meaningly that if they provedrestless sitters, he was sure that Mary Ruthvenwould do her best to keep them quiet. Vandyck made the best of his opportunities,and, although the painting of the royal children. KING CHARLES I A LA CHASSE(The Louvre) ANTON VANDYCK 199 progressed but slowly, his suit was accepted, andshortly afterwards he led the beautiful MaryRuthven to the altar. Vandyck made a journey to the Continent, toParis, shortly after this, hoping that, like his masterRubens, he would obtain employment from theFrench king, who was at that time thinking ofdecorating the Louvre with paintings. But un-fortunately his hopes were shattered by the arrivalof Nicolas Poussin, who had been summoned bythe King from Italy, and who, then at the heightof his fame and prosperity, received the commis-sion for the work. Poussin, however, was him-self in the end dismissed, and his place taken bya mediocre artist. Vandyck returned in disgustto England after wasting two months in theFrench capital. But during his absence the political outlook inEngland had become ever gloomier. The LongParlia
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