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Sold...portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), After Nicholas Hilliard, C.1700
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Sold...portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), After Nicholas Hilliard, C.1700

18th century
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After Nicholas Hilliard, c.1700

Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), half-length, in a white dress, ruff and lace cap, with an ermine cloak, a bible in her left hand, in a feigned oval

inscribed 'VIRTUTIS AMORE' (upper centre)

oil on canvas in early 18th c. carved wood frame

30¾ x 25 in. (78.2 x 63.5 cm.)

PROVENANCE:

Miss Wilbraham by 1907;

and by descent to Roger Wilbraham by 1957.

LITERATURE

Burlington Magazine, Notes on Various Works of Art, Vol. XII, December 1907, pp. 163-164.

After the miniature by Nicholas Hilliard in the collection of the Duke of Portland, Wellbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire (see R.W. Goulding, The Wellbeck Abbey Miniatures, Oxford, 1916, plate I, note 8). The inscription 'VIRTUTIS AMORE, has been interpreted as an anagram for 'Marie Stouart'.

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Roy Precious - Antiques & Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1700s.

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After Nicholas Hilliard, c.1700
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Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), half-length, in a white dress, ruff and lace cap, with an ermine cloak, a bible in her left hand, in a feigned oval.
Roy Precious - Antiques & Fine Art

inscribed 'VIRTUTIS AMORE' (upper centre)

fig 1. SOLD...Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), After Nicholas Hilliard, c.1700
fig 1. Sold...portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), After Nicholas Hilliard, C.1700

oil on canvas in early 18th c. carved wood frame

30¾ x 25 in. (78.2 x 63.5 cm.)

PROVENANCE:

Miss Wilbraham by 1907;

and by descent to Roger Wilbraham by 1957.

LITERATURE

Burlington Magazine, Notes on Various Works of Art, Vol. XII, December 1907, pp. 163-164.

After the miniature by Nicholas Hilliard in the collection of the Duke of Portland, Wellbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire (see R.W. Goulding, The Wellbeck Abbey Miniatures, Oxford, 1916, plate I, note 8). The inscription 'VIRTUTIS AMORE, has been interpreted as an anagram for 'Marie Stouart'.

Date of Manufacture

Roy Precious - Antiques & Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1700s.

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