Death of Cardinal Beaufort Landscapes the pose in this picture

the pose in this picture seems to derive from Van Dyck's portrait of Charles I in three positions (Royal Collection)

a woman indicates David to her son

A date in the first years of the sixteenth century seems probable

The influence of De Loutherbourg in terms of landscape and of Reynolds for the figures is apparent from the comparison with the paintings on each side

while the sitter

Death of Cardinal Beaufort Landscapes the pose in this pictureDestroyed in 1944. The subject was taken from Shakespeare's Henry VI part 2, 3, iii, where the King, Salisbury and Warwick witness the Cardinal's death. This is probably Reynolds's early version of the subject, which he later repeated on a larger scale and in upright format in 1788 (Petworth House, Sussex). The illustration is taken from an old photograph.