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ENGLISH SCHOOL (16th Century)
Estimate:
$5,000 - $10,000
Sold
$120,000
Live Auction
Fall Estates | November 21
Category
Description
Portrait of an unknown lady (likely Queen Elizabeth I)
Oil on panel
No apparent signature, in a later carved and painted frame
h. 12-1/2 w. 9 in.
overall: 18-1/2 x 14-3/4 in. (frame)
The personage depicted in this portrait has been the subject of debate for some time. Over the years, it has been suggested by various curators, gallerists, and academics that the sitter is Lady Jane Grey, but the most modern consensus is that the sitter is either Queen Elizabeth I or Lady Katherine Grey. The portrait is discussed at length by Dr. John Stephan Edwards in his book, A Queen of a New Invention, Old John Publishing, Palm Springs (2015), pp.146-176.
Dr. Edwards has reviewed our images of the painting and now believes the sitter to be Queen Elizabeth I. He also dates the work to 1555-1563. A copy of his expert analysis of the current work, where he discusses its relationship to the Chawton and Gardner Soule portraits of Elizabeth I, accompany the lot.
We would like to thank Dr. John Stephan Edwards for his assistance in cataloguing this work.
Oil on panel
No apparent signature, in a later carved and painted frame
h. 12-1/2 w. 9 in.
overall: 18-1/2 x 14-3/4 in. (frame)
The personage depicted in this portrait has been the subject of debate for some time. Over the years, it has been suggested by various curators, gallerists, and academics that the sitter is Lady Jane Grey, but the most modern consensus is that the sitter is either Queen Elizabeth I or Lady Katherine Grey. The portrait is discussed at length by Dr. John Stephan Edwards in his book, A Queen of a New Invention, Old John Publishing, Palm Springs (2015), pp.146-176.
Dr. Edwards has reviewed our images of the painting and now believes the sitter to be Queen Elizabeth I. He also dates the work to 1555-1563. A copy of his expert analysis of the current work, where he discusses its relationship to the Chawton and Gardner Soule portraits of Elizabeth I, accompany the lot.
We would like to thank Dr. John Stephan Edwards for his assistance in cataloguing this work.
Condition
Very good, with small retouches to brow and along lower margin of panel, the back of the panel has been sealed with wax
Provenance
John Lumsden Propert (d.1902);
John Pierpont Morgan (d.1913);
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York;
de-accessioned January 1956;
Parke-Bernet Galleries, sold 25 October 1956;
Berry-Hill Galleries, New York until at least 1961;
By descent to the current owner, private collection, Scarsdale, NY
John Pierpont Morgan (d.1913);
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York;
de-accessioned January 1956;
Parke-Bernet Galleries, sold 25 October 1956;
Berry-Hill Galleries, New York until at least 1961;
By descent to the current owner, private collection, Scarsdale, NY
