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Attributed to Frans Pourbus I (Bruges 1545/6-1581 Antwerp)
Lot 15

Attributed to Frans Pourbus I (Bruges 1545/6-1581 Antwerp)

Portrait of a lady, bust-length, in a black fur-lined coat with gold fittings, a gold necklace and a white cap

Closed29 October 2015

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Attributed to Frans Pourbus I (Bruges 1545/6-1581 Antwerp)
Portrait of a lady, bust-length, in a black fur-lined coat with gold fittings, a gold necklace and a white cap
oil on panel
16 x 13 1/8 in. (41 x 33.4 cm.), including later additions of circa ¼ in. on all sides

Major Sir Dennis Frederic Bankes Stucley, 5th Bt. (1907-1983), Hartland Abbey, Hartland, Bideford, North Devon; Christie's, London, 11 May 1951, lot 16, as 'A.Key'.

Specialist note

We are grateful to Prof. Koenraad Jonckheere for confirming the attribution to Frans Pourbus the Elder, on the basis of photographs, and for placing it early within the painter's oeuvre. Pourbus is known to have trained with his father Pieter and later in the studio of Frans Floris. The rather unusual white band around the sitter’s collar, which seems to be attached to her headdress, can also be found on an engraving by Johannes Wierix of Volcxken Diericx, dated 1579 (Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum).