16TH/17TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL
PORTRAIT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I (AFTER THE PHOENIX PORTRAIT)
£24,375
Auction: Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings & Works of Art
Description
oil on panel
Dimensions
28cm x 24.5cm (11in x 9.5in)
Footnote
Provenance:
Christie’s, London, 3rd November 1972, lot 191, The Property of the late 5th Duke of Sutherland, George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1888-1963).
Note:
The present work relates to the 'Phoenix' portrait of the Queen, associated with Nicolas Hilliard and executed circa 1575, now in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 190).