Attributed to John de Critz

Portrait of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, three-quarter-length, in black costume beside the purse of the Lord Privy Seal



Attributed to John de Critz - Portrait of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, three-quarter-length, in black costume beside the purse of the Lord Privy Seal



Attributed to John de Critz
Portrait of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, three-quarter-length, in black costume beside the purse of the Lord Privy Seal
1599
91 x 74.4 cm
Oil on panel
Dated upper left: Ano. 1599
Sale Bonhams, London, 3 July 2019


Provenance

Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton (1613-1696)
thence by descent through the family to Charles John Halswell Kemeys-Tynte, 9th Baron Wharton, Hallswell Park, Bridgewater, offered by his executors
sale, Sotheby's, London, 17 November 1948, nr. 28, where purchased by
Dr. E. Elmhirst and thence by descent to his widow Sheila, by whom offered
sale, Sotheby's, London, 23 June 1976, nr. 8 (£700)
Sir Peter Wakefield (1922-2010)
with Lane Fine Art, London, where purchased by the present owner in 1980
Sale Bonhams, London, 3 July 2019, nr. 5