Portrait of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, three-quarter-length, in black costume beside the purse of the Lord Privy Seal
dated 'An^o. 1599' (upper left) and inscribed in Greek (upper right)
oil on panel
91 x 74.4cm (35 13/16 x 29 5/16in).

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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, lot 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, lot 8 (£700)
Sir Peter Wakefield (1922-2010)
With Lane Fine Art, London, where purchased by the present owner in 1980

Literature
R. Strong, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits, London, 1969, vol. I, p. 275

A similar composition is in the National Portrait Gallery, London (see NPG 107).

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Attributed to John de Critz(Antwerp 1551-1642 London)Portrait of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, three-quarter-length, in black costume beside the purse of the Lord Privy Seal

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