Lot Essay
The sitter was the son of Sir Giles Allington, of Horseheath Hall, Cambridge, High Sheriff of Cambridge, who was master of the Ordnance to King Henry VIII at the siege of Boulogne.
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Portrait of Sir Giles Allington (1572-1638), half-length, in a black embroidered coat with lace ruff and gold embroidered cap, by a grey curtain, a landscape beyond
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Anglo-Flemish School, c. 1620
Portrait of Sir Giles Allington (1572-1638), half-length, in a black embroidered coat with lace ruff and gold embroidered cap, by a grey curtain, a landscape beyond
oil on panel
29¼ x 24½ in. (74.4 x 62.3 cm.)
Portrait of Sir Giles Allington (1572-1638), half-length, in a black embroidered coat with lace ruff and gold embroidered cap, by a grey curtain, a landscape beyond
oil on panel
29¼ x 24½ in. (74.4 x 62.3 cm.)
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