Circle of George Gower

Estimate

30,000 - 40,000 GBP

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Description

Circle of George Gower
Portrait of a Lady, aged twenty-four
inscribed and dated upper left: AN^o DNI 1573. and upper right: ÆTATIS SUÆ 24.
oil on panel
52.5 by 42 cm.; 20¾ by 16½ in.

Provenance

Hill family, Easthampstead Park, Berkshire;
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Catalogue Note

A reduced and dated variant of this portrait, featuring the same sitter wearing near-identical clothes and the same Roman Emperor cameo pendant, is currently in a private collection in London.