English School, 1600

Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565-1601), three-quarter-length, in a black doublet and ruff

Details

English School, 1600
Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565-1601), three-quarter-length, in a black doublet and ruff
inscribed 'ÆTATIS SVÆ 32.' (upper left) and dated 'ANO DNI. 1600.' (upper right)
oil on panel
44½ x 33½ in. (113 x 85.1 cm.)

Provenance

Baynard's Castle (according to a label on the frame reverse).
Lady Gorst, presumably Ethel, daughter of Edward Johnson, and second wife of Sir John Eldon Gorst (d. 1916), politician and lawyer (according to a label on the frame reverse).

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Lot Essay

London headquarters of the House of York during the Wars of the Roses, Baynard's Castle was reconstructed as a royal palace by Henry VII at the end of the 15th Century, and Henry VIII gave it to Catherine of Aragon on the eve of their wedding. After Henry's death the Castle passed to Catherine Parr's brother-in-law, the Earl of Pembroke and was left in ruins after the Great Fire of London in 1666.

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