Live Auction 5962Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
FRANS POURBUS (FLEMISH, 1569-1622)
Lot 290 THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN

FRANS POURBUS (FLEMISH, 1569-1622)

Closed28 November 2012

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GBP 22,500

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FRANS POURBUS (FLEMISH, 1569-1622)
Archduke Albert VII of Austria (1559-1621), in armour with elaborate gilt decoartion, wearing the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece, triple lace ruff, moustache and small beard, gold border
oil on card
oval, 3 in. (77 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with spiral cresting

Christie's, London, 15 October 1996, lot 125.

Specialist note

Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, was the third son of Emperor Maximilian II and Maria of Habsburg. He was raised at the Spanish Court and in 1577 he was made Cardinal of Toledo. From 1585 to 1595 he was viceroy of Portugal and was appointed Stadtholder of Portugal in 1596. He 1599 he relinquished his orders and married the Infanta Isabella, daughter of Philip II of Spain. In 1599 he was defeated by Marice of Nassau and in 1609 made a twelve year's truce with him.
There is a similar portrait of the Archduke attributed to Frans Pourbus in the Groeningemuseum, Bruges.