Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Leven Bufkin of Gore Court, Otham, Kent (1533-1617), bust-length, in a leather jerkin and ruff

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English School, 17th Century
Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Leven Bufkin of Gore Court, Otham, Kent (1533-1617), bust-length, in a leather jerkin and ruff
inscribed with the coat of arms of the Bufkin family (upper left)
oil on canvas
28 x 24 5/8 in. (71 x 62.5 cm.)

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Lot Essay

There is a monument to Leven Bufkin and his wife Anne in Otham church, Kent. Under the English law of arms a right of arms passes to all male descendants, so conceivably the portrait could be of his sons Ralph (d.1639) or Henry (who predeceased his father leaving two sons).

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