- Title:
Robert, Duke of Normandy, in Prison
- Former Title(s):
Duke Robert. Vide reign of King Henry the 1st. [1779, Royal Academy of Arts, London, exhibition catalogue]
- Date:
- 1779
- Medium:
- Oil on copper
- Dimensions:
- 9 1/16 x 7 1/2 inches (23 x 19.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed, lower left: "J. Downman | 1779"
Signed and dated, lower left: "J. Downman | 1779"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.26.1
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1978.26.1FR
- Subject Terms:
- armor | blind | correctional institution | costume | duke | historical subject | interior | king (person) | man | portrait | prison | sword
- Associated People:
- Robert [called Robert Curthose], duke of Normandy (b. in or after 1050, d. 1134), prince and crusader
- Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:475
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