An Unknown Man with a Large Spade Beard
Continental School
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
circa 1595
Materials
Oil on copper
Measurements
58 x 46 mm
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 731907
Summary
Portrait miniature, oil painting on copper, An Unknown Man with a Large Spade Beard, Continental School. c.1595. Oval. Head and shoulders portrait of a genial looking man aged about 40, turned slightly to the right, gazing to the right, with a spade beard, huge moustaches and unkempt hair wearing a lace collar and gold patterned jacket; grey background.
Marks and inscriptions
on reverse 'late 16c' and 'c1590 - 5'
Makers and roles
Continental School, miniaturist