Lot 1: NICHOLAS HILLIARD

NICHOLAS HILLIARD C. 1547-1619 PORTRAIT OF A NOBLEMAN with receding curling hair, small moustache and pointed beard, wearing a gold edged gorget over a white doublet, a lace-trimmed collar and a gold-embroidered blue sash, with an earring, woodland and sky background, gold border watercolour with bodycolour and gold on vellum, held in an associated gold frame with scroll surmount 3.4 by 2.8 cm.; 1 1/4 by 1 1/8 in.