Lot 159
  • 159

Circle of Jan van Scorel

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Jan van Scorel
  • Portrait of a boy, head and shoulders, wearing a beret, possibly the young Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503–1564)
  • inventory number 62 etched into the reverse
  • oil on oak panel
  • 11 5/8 in by 9 3/8 in

Provenance

Probably George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1746–1816);
Henry Richard Greville, 3rd Earl of Warwick (1779–1853);
Thence by descent.

Exhibited

Wellesley (Mass.), Davis Museum, on long term loan.

Literature

Anon., Inventory of the Contents of Warwick Castle, ms., 1806, hanging in the End Room;
Possibly Anon., Inventory of Warwick Castle, ms., circa 1860, ('Portrait of a Child, painter unknown'), hanging in the Closet off the Oak Sitting Room.

Condition

The panel is stable and the paint surface has been recently cleaned. There are scattered local retouchings throughout the picture surface and some repaired small cracks and losses along the upper margin. The restoration is not readily visible and the picture should require no further attention.
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