A Gentleman, facing left in black doublet with high lace-bordered ruff, wearing a gold ribbon, gold banded black cap, beard and moustache, gold border
Details
CIRCLE OF NICHOLAS HILLIARD, CIRCA 1590
A Gentleman, facing left in black doublet with high lace-bordered ruff, wearing a gold ribbon, gold banded black cap, beard and moustache, gold border
on vellum
oval, 1 7/16 in. (36 mm.) high, gold frame with enamel surround within feathered enamel border set with table-cut rubies
A Gentleman, facing left in black doublet with high lace-bordered ruff, wearing a gold ribbon, gold banded black cap, beard and moustache, gold border
on vellum
oval, 1 7/16 in. (36 mm.) high, gold frame with enamel surround within feathered enamel border set with table-cut rubies
Provenance
The Duke of Cumberland; Sotheby's, London, 26 November 1931, lot 26 (as 'by Hilliard').