Portrait of a gentleman, possibly Don Juan de Austria (1547-1578)

Name: FLORENTINE SCHOOL, LATE 16TH CENTURY
Brand: Portrait of a gentleman, possibly Don Juan de Austria (1547-1578)
Price: 8000.00 GBP
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Closed: 9 Dec 2022

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FLORENTINE SCHOOL, LATE 16TH CENTURY

Portrait of a gentleman, possibly Don Juan de Austria (1547-1578)

Closed: 9 Dec 2022

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FLORENTINE SCHOOL, LATE 16TH CENTURY
Portrait of a gentleman, possibly Don Juan de Austria (1547-1578)
oil on canvas
27 x 22 in. (68.5 x 55.9 cm.)
inscribed 'HERCOLE . PATINO . D . ANNI . 26' (upper centre)

Private collection, Greenville, North Carolina.
Anonymous sale; Brunk Auctions, Asheville, 10 April 2021, lot 690, as Spanish school.

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Lot Essay

It is possible that the inscription at the upper edge of the present painting is actually intended to read as 'HEROE LEPANTO', rather than as a name. Don Juan de Austria (1547-1578), illegitimate son of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, was 24 when he led the fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Catholic states, to victory against the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Patras in the Battle of Lepanto.