Lot 17: ANTHONIS MOR

ANTHONIS MOR UTRECHT 1516/20 - 1576? ANTWERP PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN oil on panel 18 1/8 by 15 3/8 in.; 46 by 39.1 cm.

Marquis of San Carlos of the Two Sicilies; and thence by descent to
Don Juan Quiñones de León y Francisco Martín; and thence by descent to
The Dukes of Placencia; and thence by descent to
Don Ignacio Fernández de Strevestrosa y Gayoso de los Cabos, Marquis of Camarasa and Duke of Placencia; and thence by descent to
Doñna María Josefa Fernández de Henestrosa de Martínez del Rio, Marchioness of Cilleruelo, by 1951;
Thence by descent in the family to the present owner, by whom offered, New York, Christie's, 23 January 2004, lot 30 (as a Portrait of Don Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba).

We are grateful to Dr. Andrew John Martin for confirming the attribution to Mor based on photographs. He dates this portrait to the mid-1560s.