Lot 1930
FOLLOWER OF ROBERT PEAKE (c.1551-1619)
PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN
Three quarter length, standing, wearing a black tunic and a red belt, holding the hilt of a sword, inscribed and dated 1618/Aet 66, oil on panel
107 x 86.5cm.
* In a 17th Century frame, bearing a plaque falsely identifying the sitter as Thomas Earl of Suffolk (1561-1626). The inscription requires a birthdate of 1551 or 1552 for the sitter.
