Isaac (1556) Oliver

Lot 2: Isaac Oliver (Rouen 1560/5 - London 1617)

Name: Isaac Oliver (Rouen 1560/5 - London 1617)
Brand: Bonhams
SKU: ri0tceanxl

Est: £15,000 GBP - £25,000 GBPSold:

BonhamsLondon, United KingdomApril 22, 2004

Item Overview

Description

A Gentleman, traditionally called Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1566-1601), wearing slashed black doublet, white lawn collar with lace border and gold hoop earring, blue background, gold border
watercolour on vellum,
original blue and white enamel frame
Oval, 44mm. (1 3/4ins.) high

Artist or Maker

Isaac (1556) Oliver

Exhibited

London, South Kensington Museum, Special Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures, 1865, no.1182, as Earl of Essex by Peter Oliver
H.M., 1999
P.A., 1999
S.N.P.G., 2000-2003

Literature

G.C.Williamson, Catalogue of the Collection of Miniatures, the property of J.Pierpont Morgan, 4 vols., 1906-8, 1, no.49 (described and illustrated)
S.P.N.F., no.2

Provenance

Collection of C.F.Huth, 1895
J. Pierpont Morgan Collection; Christie's, London, 24-27 June 1935, lot 174, £44 to Favius (called Robert, Earl of Essex)
Howell Family

Notes

Although the present lot is traditionally acknowledged to be Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, there are few physical similarities to support this identification. Essex had dark hair, curled but not tightly curled, and brown eyes.

Auction Details

The Albion Collection of Fine Portrait Miniatures

Bonhams

April 22, 2004, 12:00 AM EST

101 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1S 1SR, UK

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