Lot 5: Attributed to Catharina van Hemessen (Antwerp 1528-after 1587)

Attributed to Catharina van Hemessen (Antwerp 1528-after 1587) Portrait of a child, small three-quarter-length, in a white embroidered dress lined with lace and a cap, holding a great tit dated and inscribed 'Ao·DNI·1559 AETATIS·SVAE 3·' (upper centre) oil on panel 7¾ x 5¾ in. (19.7 x 14.6 cm.)

Cyril Flower, 1st and last Baron Battersea (1843-1907), Surrey House, Marble Arch, London, and by inheritance to his widow, Constance Flower, Baroness Battersea (née de Rothschild 1843-1931), Overstrand, Norfolk, and by bequest to Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1882-1942), Exbury House, Exbury, and by descent to Edmund Leopold de Rothschild (1916-2009), and by bequest to the current owner.