Lot Essay
For a note on the sitter, see lot 83.
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Portrait of Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (1582-1642), full-length, standing in armour, a baton in his right hand
Details
Follower of Sir Anthony van Dyck
Portrait of Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (1582-1642), full-length, standing in armour, a baton in his right hand
with the sitter's coat-of-arms and the motto of the Order of the Garter 'HONI.SOIT.QUI.MAL.Y.PENSE' and with identifying inscription 'ROBERT BERTIE EARL of LINDSEY / Slain at the Battle of Edgehill:' (lower left)
oil on canvas
83 ½ x 46 ½ in. (212 x 118.1 cm.)
in a gilt and composition pounced frame
Portrait of Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (1582-1642), full-length, standing in armour, a baton in his right hand
with the sitter's coat-of-arms and the motto of the Order of the Garter 'HONI.SOIT.QUI.MAL.Y.PENSE' and with identifying inscription 'ROBERT BERTIE EARL of LINDSEY / Slain at the Battle of Edgehill:' (lower left)
oil on canvas
83 ½ x 46 ½ in. (212 x 118.1 cm.)
in a gilt and composition pounced frame
Provenance
By descent from the Hon. Charles Bertie (c.1640-1711), of Uffington House, through his great grandson Albemarle, 9th Earl of Lindsey (1744-1818) to his great granddaughter, Lady Muriel Barclay-Harvey (1893-1980).
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