B-105-0001
Circle/Studio of WILLIAM SCROTS Oil on Panel Painting, Portrait of Charles Brandon
$9,500.00
DETAILS
An antique, mid 16th century period full-length portrait of a young Charles Brandon (English, 1537/8-51), 3rd Duke of Suffolk at age 14. Charles Brandon was the fourth son of the 1st Duke, Charles Brandon (c. 1484-1545). Charles died tragically within hours of his older brother Henry Brandon, the 2nd Duke of Suffolk (1535-51), of sweating sickness. With no other heirs, the brothers deaths made their father's titles extinct.
STYLE
Mannerist | Renaissance
FRAMING
Framed
PROVENANCE
Lane Fine Art (New Bond Street, London, England), 1990
PLACE OF ORIGIN
England | United Kingdom
MAKER
Unidentified. Circle or studio of William (Guillim) Scrots (Dutch-English, d. 1553) | Active 1537-54
MARKS
Unsigned. Plaque: Charles Brandon, 3rd Duke of Suffolk / English 16th century / 278.
PERIOD
Tudor (1485-1603) | 16th century
DATE
Circa 1551
DIMENSIONS
Width 27.5 Depth 2 Height 37.5 inches
Sight: Width 22 Height 32 inches
CONDITION
Note: recently restored with inpainting to areas of paint loss.
