Live Auction 1186The Collection of Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A.
AN OVAL LIMOGES ENAMEL PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN
Lot 465

AN OVAL LIMOGES ENAMEL PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN

17TH CENTURY

Closed19 September 2013

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GBP 2,750

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AN OVAL LIMOGES ENAMEL PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN
17TH CENTURY
Depicted dressed in a white shirt and black jacket with a blue cape, inscribed in gold to the edges 'GIVSTO' and 'CELLOS', unframed
5 x 4 in. (13 x 10 cm.)

Specialist note

This miniature has traditionally been identified as François de Valois, duc d'Alençon, later duc d'Anjou (1554-1584), suitor of Elizabeth 1.