CIRCLE OF MARCUS GHEERAERTS II (Bruges 1561/2-1635/6 London)

Lot 124
02.07.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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£ 12 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1443150
Lot 124 | CIRCLE OF MARCUS GHEERAERTS II (Bruges 1561/2-1635/6 London)
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 18 000
CIRCLE OF MARCUS GHEERAERTS II (Bruges 1561/2-1635/6 London)
Portrait of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565-1601), three-quarter-length, in a black doublet with white ruff and cuffs, wearing a badge of the Order of the Garter, the 'Lesser George'
oil on panel
44 7/8 x 34 1/8 in. (114 x 86.7 cm.)
inscribed 'Rob.r Earl of Essex. 1597' (lower right)




Provenance

Phelips collection, Montacute House, Somerset.
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Gentleman]; Phillips, London, 15 December 1987, lot 35.



Literature

(Possibly) 'Montacute House, Somerset-II', Country Life, XXXVII, 19 June 1915, p. 870.
(Possibly) H. Avray Tipping, The Story of Montacute and its House, London, 1933, p. 22.
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