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| Artist | Attributed to Dutch (The Hague) School |
| Previous attributions | Previously attributed to Walker, Robert (English portraitist, ca. 1600-ca. 1659) |
| Title | The Duke of Albermarle |
| Alternative/previous titles | Portrait of an Officer |
| Date earliest | probably 1630 |
| Date latest | probably 1650 |
| Material | oil on canvas |
| Measurements | 73.6 x 60.9 cm |
| Description | Once thought to be a portrait of General George Monck, 1st Duke of Albermarle by Robert Walker, this portrait would appear instead to be of an unknown Dutch officer, painted in The Hague in the first half of the seventeenth century. The portrait is close in style to the painter Gerrit van Honthorst, a northern follower of Caravaggio who portrayed various members of the Orange, Bohemian and Stuart courts. The sitter is depicted within a painted oval, wearing a fashionable lace-edged collar over his suit of armour. |
| Subject | portrait |
| Collection | National Trust for Scotland (Haddo House) |
| Current accession number | 79-102b |
| Acquisition details | Purchased from the 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair 1978. |
| Provenance | By descent in the Gordon family. |
| Notes | The frame label states the portrait is of General Monck, Duke of Albermarle, by Robert Walker. For comparative portraits by Honthorst see plates section of Judson, J. R. and Ekkart, R. E. O., Gerrit van Honthorst, 1592-1656, Doornspijk, 1999. |
| Rights status | National Trust for Scotland |
| Author | David Taylor |
