HIERONIMO CUSTODIS Oil on Panel Painting, Portrait of Martin James of Smarden
HIERONIMO CUSTODIS Oil on Panel Painting, Portrait of Martin James of Smarden HIERONIMO CUSTODIS Oil on Panel Painting, Portrait of Martin James of Smarden HIERONIMO CUSTODIS Oil on Panel Painting, Portrait of Martin James of Smarden HIERONIMO CUSTODIS Oil on Panel Painting, Portrait of Martin James of Smarden HIERONIMO CUSTODIS Oil on Panel Painting, Portrait of Martin James of Smarden HIERONIMO CUSTODIS Oil on Panel Painting, Portrait of Martin James of Smarden HIERONIMO CUSTODIS Oil on Panel Painting, Portrait of Martin James of Smarden HIERONIMO CUSTODIS Oil on Panel Painting, Portrait of Martin James of Smarden HIERONIMO CUSTODIS Oil on Panel Painting, Portrait of Martin James of Smarden HIERONIMO CUSTODIS Oil on Panel Painting, Portrait of Martin James of Smarden HIERONIMO CUSTODIS Oil on Panel Painting, Portrait of Martin James of Smarden HIERONIMO CUSTODIS Oil on Panel Painting, Portrait of Martin James of Smarden
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HIERONIMO CUSTODIS Oil on Panel Painting, Portrait of Martin James of Smarden

DETAILS
An antique, half-length portrait of a gentleman standing beside a table with his hand resting on a skull. He wears a traditional black doublet with a white ruff collar and long gold chain necklace. The sitter is Martin (Martyn) James, Esq. (1530-93) of Smarden, Kent.
STYLE
Renaissance | Elizabethan | Tudor 
PROVENANCE
Glassenbury House (Cranbrook, Kent, England), which was the ancestral home of Sir Thomas Roberts, 1st Baronet (English, 1560-1628) who married Martin James' daughter Lady Francis James (1563-1648)
Maidstone Museum (Maidstone, Kent, England, 1858-present)
Richard Philip (London, England) 1987
MEDIUM
Oil on cradled board
FRAMING
Black wood frame with gilt liner
PLACE OF ORIGIN
England | United Kingdom
MAKER
Attributed to Hieronimo Custodis (Aka: Hieronymus, Heironimos) (Flemish, d. circa 1593) | Active: London circa 1587-93
MARKS
Unsigned. Paper inventory label: Kent Council of Social Service / County Local History Committee / ...5-2-67 /...Maidstone Museum
PERIOD
Tudor (1485-1603) | Elizabeth I (1558–1603) | Late 16th century
DATE
Circa 1587-93
DIMENSIONS
Width 30 Depth 1.75 Height 37.5 inches
Sight: Width 24.75 Height 31.75 inches
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