Antonio David

[1][2][3] He was the son of Lodovico Antonio David (1648 - 1730), a portrait artist and religious scene painter.

[3] David was the official painter for the exiled Jacobite court living in Rome.

[4] He was appointed Painter to his Majesty James Francis Edward Stuart in 1718.

[5] David painted primarily portraits, and for twenty years worked almost exclusively with the House of Stuart.

[1] In 1729, he was paid in advance for official portraits of Prince Charles Edward Stuart and his brother Prince Henry.