Frans Pourbus

As part of London Art Week (3 - 10 July) the Weiss Gallery in Jermyn Street will showcase two groups of paintings. The first is a collection of seven portraits by Frans Pourbus the Younger. Shown is his Elisabeth of France as a young girl (ca 1612) later Isabelle, Queen of Spain. The second group is a selection of British portraits, ranging from the landed gentry in early Elizabethan times to the pinnacle of Jacobite activity in Europe. In this group is a portrait of King Charles I wearing armour (CLICK).