FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 1620s
Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a black doublet and white ruff, holding a pair of embroidered gloves; and Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a black overdress with slashed sleeves and embroidered gown, with a white cartwheel ruff, holding a book, both possibly members of the Wrottesley or Boothby family
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 1620s
Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a black doublet and white ruff, holding a pair of embroidered gloves; and Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a black overdress with slashed sleeves and embroidered gown, with a white cartwheel ruff, holding a book, both possibly members of the Wrottesley or Boothby family
oil on panel
the first 44 ½ x 31 ¼ in. (113.1 x 79.3 cm.); the second 44 5/8 x 32 ¼ in. (113.4 x 82 cm.)
(2)the first inscribed and dated 'Anno. Dom.e 1620 / Æ.te Suæ. 20' (upper right); the second inscribed and dated 'Anno · 1628 · / Æte · Sua · 14 ·' (upper right)
a pair
Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a black doublet and white ruff, holding a pair of embroidered gloves; and Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a black overdress with slashed sleeves and embroidered gown, with a white cartwheel ruff, holding a book, both possibly members of the Wrottesley or Boothby family
oil on panel
the first 44 ½ x 31 ¼ in. (113.1 x 79.3 cm.); the second 44 5/8 x 32 ¼ in. (113.4 x 82 cm.)
(2)the first inscribed and dated 'Anno. Dom.e 1620 / Æ.te Suæ. 20' (upper right); the second inscribed and dated 'Anno · 1628 · / Æte · Sua · 14 ·' (upper right)
a pair
Brought to you by
Lucy Speelman
Junior Specialist, Head of Part II