# Portrait of the John Maitland [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [WRIGHT, John Michael]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 127 x 102 cm ## Commentary Portrait of the John Maitland c. 1670 Oil on canvas, 127 x 102 cm Private collection This painting represents a three quarter length portrait of John Maitland, dressed in a richly embroidered doublet with lawn collar, and holding a stick in his right hand and standing before a column draped in blue curtains. John Maitland, 1st Duke and 2nd Earl of Lauderdale, 3rd Lord Thirlestane \(1616-1682\), was a Scottish politician, and leader within the Cabal Ministry. \(The Cabal Ministry refers to a group of high councilors of King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to circa 1674.\) Several painted portraits of Maitland are known, he was portrayed - among others - by Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen, Sir Peter Lely, Jacob Huysmans, John Riley, Samuel Cooper and John Michael Wright. There is also a portrait medal by Jan Roettiers. ## Related artworks - [Portrait of a Lady, in the Guise of Mary Magdalen]() - [Portrait of Dorothy Tuke]() - [Portrait of Mary Elizabeth Browne, Lady Teynham]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()