English School, 17th Century
Posthumous portrait of Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (1555-1601), half-length, in damascened armour with richly embroidered collar and cuffs, a bejewelled hat, his right hand resting on a book, his left hand on a plumed helmet, in an interior, the battle at Bergen op Zoom beyond
inscribed 'MCBI / VRAY.FOY.A[..]VERANT' (upper left) 'BERGEN AP ZOAM. / PEREGRINE LRD WILLOUGHBY OF ERESBY / SON OF RICHARD BERTIE ESQ / AND DUTCHESS OF SUFFOLK [...] 1601' and with the sitter's coat of arms and motto 'VERTUS ARIETE FORTIOR' (upper right)
oil on canvas
36 ¾ x 29 1/8 in. (93.3 x 74 cm.), in a Mannerist style gilt and composition frame
Another version of this portrait is at Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire.
English School, 17th Century
Posthumous portrait of Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (1555-1601), half-length, in damascened armour with richly embroidered collar and cuffs, a bejewelled hat, his right hand resting on a book, his left hand on a plumed helmet, in an interior, the battle at Bergen op Zoom beyond
inscribed 'MCBI / VRAY.FOY.A[..]VERANT' (upper left) 'BERGEN AP ZOAM. / PEREGRINE LRD WILLOUGHBY OF ERESBY / SON OF RICHARD BERTIE ESQ / AND DUTCHESS OF SUFFOLK [...] 1601' and with the sitter's coat of arms and motto 'VERTUS ARIETE FORTIOR' (upper right)
oil on canvas
36 ¾ x 29 1/8 in. (93.3 x 74 cm.), in a Mannerist style gilt and composition frame
Another version of this portrait is at Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire.
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