Details
Continental School, circa 1639
A Gentleman, facing right in black doublet slashed to reveal white, white lawn collar, black cloak over his right shoulder
on vellum, inscribed AE27/1639 and in gold "Patior ut Potiar",
gilt-metal frame with spiral cresting
oval, 2 1/8in. (54mm.) high
A Gentleman, facing right in black doublet slashed to reveal white, white lawn collar, black cloak over his right shoulder
on vellum, inscribed AE27/1639 and in gold "Patior ut Potiar",
gilt-metal frame with spiral cresting
oval, 2 1/8in. (54mm.) high
Provenance
Henry J. Pfungst, sold Christie's, 14 June 1917, lot 61 ascribed to Peter Oliver (78 gns. to Stonen)
Exhibited
Brussels, La Miniature Anglaise, 1912, no. 66
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1914-1915, Exhibition of a Collection of Miniatures Lent by Henry J. Pfungst, Esq. F.S.A., no. 35 as Perhaps by Peter Oliver
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1914-1915, Exhibition of a Collection of Miniatures Lent by Henry J. Pfungst, Esq. F.S.A., no. 35 as Perhaps by Peter Oliver