CHARLES RICHARD BONE (BRITISH, 1809 - C. 1880) AFTER HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER (1497/98 - 1543)

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CHARLES RICHARD BONE (BRITISH, 1809 - C. 1880) AFTER HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER (1497/98 - 1543)
Self-portrait of Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98-1543), in black gown, white shirt with red tunic, black cap
signed, dated and inscribed on the counter-enamel 'Holbein. / the original by Holbein, in the / collection of Earl Spencer / althorp, Northamptonshire / C R Bone. Feby. / 1841.'
enamel on copper
3 11/16 in. (93 mm.) diam., in square giltwood frame

Provenance

Gorringes, Lewes, East Sussex, 2-3 September 2009, lot 2034.

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Lot Essay

The present portrait compares with the c. 1542/43 drawing purchased in London in 1681 for Cosimo III de'Medici and now in the Ufizzi, Florence.
Charles Richard Bone was the son of enamel painter Henry Pierce Bone and the grandson of Henry Bone, R. A.

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