Lot Essay
The sitter may be identifiable as Infanta Catherine Michelle (1567-1597).
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Portrait of an Infanta as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, three-quarter-length, in a gold embroidered red dress, standing in an interior by a window
Details
Circle of Alonso Sanchez Coello (Valencia 1531-1588 Madrid)
Portrait of an Infanta as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, three-quarter-length, in a gold embroidered red dress, standing in an interior by a window
oil on canvas
50 ½ x 42 1/8 in (128.3 x 107 cm.)
Portrait of an Infanta as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, three-quarter-length, in a gold embroidered red dress, standing in an interior by a window
oil on canvas
50 ½ x 42 1/8 in (128.3 x 107 cm.)
Provenance
Ralph Bernal; Christie's, London, 13 March 1855, lot 953, as Mytens (13 gns. to Waters on behalf of the following),
Frederick, 4th Marquis of Londonderry, stepfather of the 7th Viscount Powerscourt, and by descent to,
Mervyn, 9th Viscount Powerscourt, who sold Powerscourt, Enniskerry, together with its contents, to,
Mr and Mrs Ralph Slazenger, 1961,
their sale; Christie's, on the premises, 24 September 1984 [first day], lot 5.
Frederick, 4th Marquis of Londonderry, stepfather of the 7th Viscount Powerscourt, and by descent to,
Mervyn, 9th Viscount Powerscourt, who sold Powerscourt, Enniskerry, together with its contents, to,
Mr and Mrs Ralph Slazenger, 1961,
their sale; Christie's, on the premises, 24 September 1984 [first day], lot 5.
Literature
Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt, A Description and History of Powerscourt, London, 1903, p.35.
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