Lot 396 , Follower of Sir William Segar Portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester 22.5 x 18.5in.

Follower of Sir William Segar
oil on wooden panel
Portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
22.5 x 18.5in.
Estimate £2,000-3,000

Oil on wooden panel in good clean condition, paint looks to have been cleaned within the past 10 years or so and is under a bright rather shiny varnish, one or two very small light dents and knocks, housed in a later gilt slip and ebonised frame, old inscribed label verso stating name of the sitter and saying 'bought by Mr Gerald Marches from Sir Robert Gresleys Sale (was nearly bought by the National Portrait Gallery but they changed their minds and bought a full length of the same subject), bought by Harry Sydney Roundal, Sotheby's,Old Bond Street, London about June 1942.


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Sold for £1,800