Lot 74: Isaac Oliver (Anglo-French, C. 1565-1617)

ISAAC OLIVER (ANGLO-FRENCH, C. 1565-1617) Elizabeth of Bohemia (1596-1662), ‘The Winter Queen’, blue background; gold border On vellum Oval, 53 mm. high, gilt-metal frame with spiral cresting, the reverse engraved ‘Princess Elizabeth / Daughter of James 1st’

PROVENANCE: His Grace The Duke of Hamilton; Part IV, Christie’s, London, 15 July 1882, lot 1614 (as ‘Princess Elizabeth’, 20 gns to Davis). John Lumsden Propert Collection, by 1887; sold Fine Art Society, London, May 1897, no. 15 (as 'Princess Elizabeth by Nicholas Hilliard'). Lady Northcote; (†) Sotheby’s, London, 19 July 1934, lot 98 (as 'Princess Elizabeth, Daughter of James I by Nicholas Hilliard'). With Leo R. Schidlof, from whom acquired by Ernst Holzscheiter in Paris, 21 May 1938 (inv. nos. MD/0162 and 565).