Lot Essay
The portrait bears similarities with that in the National Portrait Gallery by an unknown artist also identified as of Hyde. Nicholas Hyde was Chief Justice of England between 1627 and 1631.
Details
Circle of Cornelis Jonson (1593-1661)
Portrait of a Judge, possibly Sir Nicholas Hyde (d.1631), half-length, in robes of office
29¾ x 24¾in. (75.6 x 62.8cm.)
Portrait of a Judge, possibly Sir Nicholas Hyde (d.1631), half-length, in robes of office
29¾ x 24¾in. (75.6 x 62.8cm.)