Lot 1146: Circle of Antonis Mor (Utrecht 1516/20-c. 1576 Antwerp)

Circle of Antonis Mor (Utrecht 1516/20-c. 1576 Antwerp)
Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in armour, his right hand resting on a helmet
inscribed and dated 'Aυ. DOMI 1582.' (upper left)
oil on panel
13½ x 11¼ in. (34.3 x 28.5 cm.)
with coat-of-arms (upper left), in an associated 19th century foil-backed tortoiseshell and ebonised moulded frame

Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire, and by descent to
7th Earl of Rosebery, Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire; Sotheby's house sale, 25 May 1977, lot 2419, as 'School of Sir Anthony Mor'.

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