Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 250. Portrait of Don Juan de Toledo, wearing black with a crimson sash and a gold chain with the order of Santiago.

Property from the Collection of Sir Peter Jonas

Follower of Philippe de Champaigne

Portrait of Don Juan de Toledo, wearing black with a crimson sash and a gold chain with the order of Santiago

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Lot Closed

December 9, 04:24 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Sir Peter Jonas

Follower of Philippe de Champaigne

Portrait of Don Juan de Toledo, wearing black with a crimson sash and a gold chain with the order of Santiago

inscribed upper left: D.Juan; and upper right: detoledo / dorfuy

oil on canvas

unframed: 69 x 55.2 cm.; 27⅛ x 21¾ in.

framed: 88 x 76 cm.; 34⅝ x 29⅞ in.

Principe Pio collection, inv. no. 11 (according to labels on the reverse);
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 28 October 1999, lot 392;
Where acquired by Sir Peter Jonas (1946–2020).

Don Juan Alvarez de Toledo y Milan was born in Cerveva, near Cuenca. He became a knight of the Order of Santiago in 1636.

For more information on the Collection of Sir Peter Jonas, please see: Sir Peter Jones: A Lifelong Love of Old Masters