Details
ENGLISH SCHOOL, circa 1600
Portrait of a Gentleman, said to be Sir Walter Raleigh, half length, wearing a black costume with white ruff and a black hat, holding a pair of gloves, before a curtain, a coastal view beyond
inscribed 'SIR WALTER RALEIGH OBT: 1618'-- oil on canvas laid down
32¼ x 24 5/8in. (81.9 x 62.5cm.)
Provenance
Howard Family, Corby Castle, Carlyle, and by descent to Philip J.L. Howard
Lewis Fry; sale, Christie's, London, March 31, 1922, lot 29, as Zuccaro (bt. Frank T. Sabin)
Preston Davie, Tuxedo Park, New York, 1924
Literature
Weddell, ed. Virginia Historical Portraiture 1585-1830, Virginia Historical Society, 1930, p. 29, no. 11, illustrated opposite p. 24
Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Jan. 1943, 51, illustrated opposite p. 16
Exhibited
Richmond, Virginia House, Exhibition of Contemporary Portraits, 1585-1830, April 29- Mar. 25, 1929, no. 6 (lent by Davie)
