Lot 1658
CIRCLE OF ROBERT PEAKE THE ELDER (c.1551-1619)
PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN LADY
Half length, wearing a black robe and cap, floral `blackwork` bodice, white ruff collar and jewellery, inscribed 1591/AEte 61 upper left, oil on panel
90 x 74.5cm.
Provenance: London, Christies, February 18th, 1927, lot 15, sold by C. Colyn Thomson, bt. Finberg; Collection of M. Meredith Williams, c.1956-1991; Oxford, Mallams, June 20th, 1991, lot 215; Private collection, Somerset (bt. from a Surrey dealer, March 1996)
Literature: Sir Roy Strong, `The English Icon`, London, 1969, p.232, pl.197 (illus. as by Robert Peake); Dr. Tarnya Cooper et al, `Painting in Britain 1500-1630`, Oxford, 2015, pp.288-298
