Lot Essay
For a note on the sitter, see lot 81.
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Portrait of Peregrine Bertie, 13th Lord Willoughby de Eresby (1555-1601), full-length, in gilt-damascened half armour, a baton in his right hand
Details
English school, circa 1620
Portrait of Peregrine Bertie, 13th Lord Willoughby de Eresby (1555-1601), full-length, in gilt-damascened half armour, a baton in his right hand
with identifying inscription 'Peregrine Bertie Lord / Willughby of Eresby / Borne anno Domini / 1555', with the sitter's coat of arms and motto 'LOYAULTE / ME / OBLIGE' (lower left)
oil on canvas
76 5/8 x 44 3/8 in. (195 x 112.8 cm.)
in a gilt and composition pounced frame
Portrait of Peregrine Bertie, 13th Lord Willoughby de Eresby (1555-1601), full-length, in gilt-damascened half armour, a baton in his right hand
with identifying inscription 'Peregrine Bertie Lord / Willughby of Eresby / Borne anno Domini / 1555', with the sitter's coat of arms and motto 'LOYAULTE / ME / OBLIGE' (lower left)
oil on canvas
76 5/8 x 44 3/8 in. (195 x 112.8 cm.)
in a gilt and composition pounced frame
Provenance
By descent from the Hon. Charles Bertie (c.1640-1711), of Uffington House, Lincolnshire, through his great great grandson, Montague Peregrine Bertie, 11th Earl of Lindsey (1815-1899) (recorded in an inventory of August 1889 in the Dining Room), and his son, Montague Peregrine Albemarle, 12th Earl of Lindsey (1861-1938) to the father's daughter, Lady Muriel Barclay-Harvey (1893-1980).
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