Lot Essay
Lord Clarendon, who served as Foreign Secretary in 1853-8, 1865-6 and 1868-70, was one of the outstanding political figures of his generation
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Luis de Morales (c.1520/5-c.1586)
Details
Luis de Morales (c.1520/5-c.1586)
The Pietà
on panel
16¼ x 11¾in. (41.3 x 30cm.)
The Pietà
on panel
16¼ x 11¾in. (41.3 x 30cm.)
Provenance
George William Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800-1870), by whom acquired while Envoy to the Court of Madrid 1833-8, according to a label on the reverse which reads 'Pietà by Moralles brought from Spain by Geo Ld Clarendon'.