Lot Essay
We are grateful to Paul Taylor of the Warburg Institute for suggesting that the anno mirabilis referred to in the inscription here may be 1588, the year of the Spanish Armada.
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Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a black coat with lace collar and cuffs, his right hand holding embroidered gloves and resting on a table
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Anglo-Flemish School, circa 1620
Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a black coat with lace collar and cuffs, his right hand holding embroidered gloves and resting on a table
inscribed 'Nat Anno mirabile' (upper right) and 'Mr: Cole' (lower left)
oil on panel
44¼ x 31 1/8 in. (111.8 x 79 cm.)
Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a black coat with lace collar and cuffs, his right hand holding embroidered gloves and resting on a table
inscribed 'Nat Anno mirabile' (upper right) and 'Mr: Cole' (lower left)
oil on panel
44¼ x 31 1/8 in. (111.8 x 79 cm.)
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