An Unknown Spanish Grandee with the Golden Fleece
Continental School
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
circa 1635
Materials
Oil on copper
Measurements
62 x 58 mm
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 731916
Summary
Portrait miniature, oil on copper, An Unknown Spanish Grandee with the Golden Fleece, Continental School, c.1635. Oval. Head and shoulders portrait of a plump man, turned slightly to the right, gazing slightly to the left, in a black coat, falling lace collar, insigna of the Golden Fleece. Black hair, turned up moustache, goatee, large brown eyes, stout face, aged about 50.
Marks and inscriptions
'c. 1635 - 40' on the reverse
Makers and roles
Continental School, miniaturist