James II as Duke of York Frame:white Catalogued until 1880 as Guido

Catalogued until 1880 as Guido Reni and thereafter as Italian School

whose leaves being pulled from the stalke in the full beauty of it

to whom Niobe has declared herself superior on account of her fecundity

When Lady Digby died unexpectedly in her sleep

The use of a diagonal skyline and the coarse figures is typical of Wouwerman's output during a period when he was heavily under the influence of Pieter van Laer

James II as Duke of York Frame:white Catalogued until 1880 as GuidoJames Stuart (1633 1701), Duke of York; later King James II. Attributed to Greenhill in the Cartwright inventory. Probably painted in the early 1660s.