Live Auction 5859Old Masters & 19th Century Art
Christie’s roundel
Lot 2

After Nicholas Hilliard, c.1700

Portrait of Mary I, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), half-length, in a white dress, ruff and lace cap, with an ermine cloak, a bible in her left hand, in a feigned oval

Closed28 October 2009

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GBP 2,500

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After Nicholas Hilliard, c.1700
Portrait of Mary I, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), half-length, in a white dress, ruff and lace cap, with an ermine cloak, a bible in her left hand, in a feigned oval
inscribed 'VIRTUTIS AMORE' (upper centre)
oil on canvas
30¾ x 25 in. (78.2 x 63.5 cm.)

Miss Wilbraham by 1907;
and by descent to Roger Wilbraham by 1957.

Specialist note

After the miniature by Nicholas Hilliard in the collection of the Duke of Portland, Wellbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire (see R.W. Goulding, The Wellbeck Abbey Miniatures, Oxford, 1916, plate I, note 8). The inscription 'VIRTUTIS AMORE, has been interpreted as an anagram for 'Marie Stouart'.