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Netherlandish School, 16th Century Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a black doublet and embroidered white lace collar; and Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a black dress with red sleeves and a white cap, holding a gold chain (2) image 1
Netherlandish School, 16th Century Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a black doublet and embroidered white lace collar; and Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a black dress with red sleeves and a white cap, holding a gold chain (2) image 2
Lot 43

Netherlandish School
16th Century
Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a black doublet and embroidered white lace collar; and Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a black dress with red sleeves and a white cap, holding a gold chain (2)

5 December 2018, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£15,000 - £20,000

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Netherlandish School, 16th Century

Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a black doublet and embroidered white lace collar; and Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a black dress with red sleeves and a white cap, holding a gold chain
each charged with the sitter's coat-of-arms, the former inscribed 'AEtatis Sue 23/ Anno 1568' (on cartolino, upper right) and the latter inscribed 'AEtatis Sue 22/ Anno Domi 156*' (on cartolino, upper right)
a pair, oil on panel
91.5 x 68.6cm (36 x 27in). (2)

Footnotes

The lady's arms (or, a fess chequy argent and gules) are those of the de la Marck family. Robert IV de La Marck (1491–1556), duc de Bouillon, Seigneur of Sedan and a Marshal of France had four surviving daughters: Antoinette (1542-91), who married Henri I de Montmorency; Diane, (born 1542), who married successively Jacques de Clèves, duc de Nevers, Henri de Clermont and Jean Babou, Comte de Sagonne; Guillemette (1545–1592), who married John III, Comte de Ligny; and Catherine (born 1548), who married Jacques de Harlay, seigneur de Champvallon. The gentleman's unusual arms feature in a piece of stained glass that Horace Walpole acquired for Strawberry Hill.

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