Lot Essay
The primary version is in the collection of the Hon. Clive Pearson, Sussex and a variant is in the collection of the Duke of Norfolk, Arundel Castle.
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Portrait of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, aged 29, standing full length, wearing an embroidered costume, with a dagger and a sword, by a pedestal
Details
Circle of William Scrots (active 1537-1554)
Scrots, W.
Portrait of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, aged 29, standing full length, wearing an embroidered costume, with a dagger and a sword, by a pedestal
bears date and and inscribed with the sitter's age 'ANNO.1546./AETATIS.SVAE. 29' and 'SAT/SVPER/EST'
oil on canvas
83 x 49in. (212.1 x 125.1cm.)
Scrots, W.
Portrait of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, aged 29, standing full length, wearing an embroidered costume, with a dagger and a sword, by a pedestal
bears date and and inscribed with the sitter's age 'ANNO.1546./AETATIS.SVAE. 29' and 'SAT/SVPER/EST'
oil on canvas
83 x 49in. (212.1 x 125.1cm.)
Provenance
Anon. Sale, Christie's, London, July 24, 1959, lot 136, as 'Guillim Stretes' (80gns.).
The Earl of Effingham.
The Estate of Barbara Hutton, 1980.
The Earl of Effingham.
The Estate of Barbara Hutton, 1980.