Lot 149
  • 149

Circle of Hans Eworth

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Circle of Hans Eworth
  • Portrait of William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester (1483-1571), circa 1550
  • Oil on card, silver-gilt frame, engraved versoWilliam Paulet / 1st Marquis of Winchester / ob. 1571 aet. 97 / by Sir Anthony Moor
  • 54 mm diam.

Provenance

Miss J.M. Seymour of Knoyle, Wiltshire;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 May 1928, lot 57;
Robert Bayne-Powell (1910-1994);
his executor's sale, London, Christie's, 21 April 1998, lot 4,
where acquired by Bernadette and William M.B. Berger, Denver, Colorado

Exhibited

London, Victoria & Albert Museum, lent by the Trustees of the Seymour Estate until 1928

Literature

A.B. Edwards, The Photographic Historical Gallery, London 1864, pl. XLIX;
B. Long, British Miniaturists, London 1929, p. 302;
D. Foskett, A Dictionary of British Miniature Painters, London 1972, vol. I, p. 411, vol. II, pl. 234, no. 593;
D. Foskett, Miniatures: A Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge 1987, p. 602

Condition

The painted surface is, in places, cracked in a minor fashion. There is some surface dirt in places.
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