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Lot 49: Circle of Robert Peake (c.1551-1619 London)

Est: $80,000 USD - $120,000 USD
Christie'sNew York, NY, USJanuary 27, 2010

Item Overview

Description

Circle of Robert Peake (c.1551-1619 London)
Portrait of the Hon. Francis Poulett, half-length, wearing a white jacket with slashed puff sleeves and red ribbon belts
oil on canvas
28½ x 26 in. (72.4 x 66 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

London, Tate Gallery, The Elizabethan Image, 28 November 1969-8 February 1970, no. 179b, as an 'unknown follower of Peake' (catalogue by R. Strong).

Literature

R. Strong, English Icon: Elizabethan & Jacobean Portraiture, London, 1969, p. 253, no. 234, as an 'unknown follower of Peake'.

Provenance

The Rt. Hon. Earl Poulett, Hinton House, Somerset; Sotheby's, London, 5 March 1969, lot 1 (part), as 'Johnson' (£1150 to Betts).
with Leggatt Bros., London, from whom purchased by the present owner.

Notes

THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

For the catalogue note on the present work, please see lot 48.

Auction Details

Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings, & Watercolors

by
Christie's
January 27, 2010, 10:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US