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GERMAN SCHOOL, EARLY 16TH CENTURY

Portrait of Henry of Nassau-Breda (1483-1538), bust-length

Price Realised GBP 81,250
Estimate
GBP 5,000 - GBP 8,000
Closed: 30 Jul 2020
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GERMAN SCHOOL, EARLY 16TH CENTURY

Portrait of Henry of Nassau-Breda (1483-1538), bust-length

Price Realised GBP 81,250
Closed: 30 Jul 2020
Price Realised GBP 81,250
Closed: 30 Jul 2020
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GERMAN SCHOOL, EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Portrait of Henry of Nassau-Breda (1483-1538), bust-length
oil on paper, laid down on panel
11 x 814 on. (27.9 x 20.9 cm.)
inscribed 'HENRY CONTE DE NASSOV FILZ DE IEHAN ET / NEPVEV . HERITIER DE FEV LE CONTE INGEL / BERT . SER: DE BREDA, EN LE A AGE DE · 20 · ÄS' (lower centre), with the letter 'F' incised into the panel (on the reverse)
Provenance
(Traditionally) Katherine of Aragon (1485-1536), Buckden Palace, Cambridgeshire, and later Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire.
The Dukes of Manchester, Kimbolton Castle, and by descent to,
Alexander Drogo Montagu, 10th Duke of Manchester (1902-1977), and by inheritance to the present owner.
Literature
William Montagu, Court and society from Elizabeth to Anne : Edited from the papers at Kimbolton, London, 1864, p. 3.
Consuelo Montagu, Duchess of Manchester (1853-1909), Catalogue of the Pictures at Kimbolton Castle, p. 8, no. 58, as ‘Mabuse’, in the Green Drawing Room.
Exhibited
London, The New Gallery, Exhibition of the Royal House of Tudor, 1890, no. 121, as ‘Jan de Mabuse’.
Special notice
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
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