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FLEMISH SCHOOL, LATE 16TH CENTURY
Portrait of Karl II, Count von Mansfeld zu Friedeburg (1543-1595), half-length, in armour, holding a commander's baton
oil on canvas
29 x 20 1/2 in. (73.6 x 52.1 cm.)
Provenance
(Possibly) Mr. [J or T] Norman, Plymouth Dock, Plymouth, Devon; Hickman, London, 16 May 1818, lot 26a, as 'Sancheo Coello, Portrait of the Duke d'Alba', where possibly acquired by the following,
with Urbino Pizzetta, Foley Place, London; Christie's, London, 26 May 1820, lot 89, as 'Sanchez Coello, Portrait of the Duke of Alva', where unsold and possibly subsequently acquired privately by the following,
William Beckford (1760-1844), Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire; Christie's, Fonthill Abbey, 16 October 1822 [=7th day], lot 31, as 'Coello, Portrait of the Duke of Alva in a Cuirass, and with a Mareschal's Baton – very highly finished', the entire contents of the sale were sold by private treaty with the house prior to the auction to,
John Farquhar (1751-1826), merchant and entrepreneur, Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, where listed in the Eastern Yellow Drawing Room; Phillips, on the premises, 10 October 1823 [=24th day], lot 26, as 'Coello [amended to 'Merevelt' in one copy of the catalogue], Portrait of the Duke of Alva in a Cuirass, and with a Mareschal's Baton,- highly finished’, lot 73 (30 gns. to John Swabey, on behalf of the following),
William Beckford (1760-1844), Lansdown Tower, Bath, hung in the back drawing room, and by inheritance to his son-in-law,
William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton, 9th Duke of Brandon, 2nd Duke of Châtelherault (1845-1895), Hamilton Palace, South Lanarkshire; Christie's, London, 8 July 1882 [=10th day], lot 1141, as 'Coello, Portrait of the Duke of Alva, in white dress and ruff, and partly-gilt breastplate, holding a baton in his right hand' (400 gns. to Agnew on behalf of the following),
Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 7th Bt. of Greenock and Blackhall (1826-1903), and by descent at Fonthill, through his third son,
Walter Richard Shaw Stewart (1861-1934), and the latter's second daughter,
Irene Beatrice (1901-1971), wife of Brigadier Reginald Gordon Ward Rimington (1891-1941), and by descent to their son,
Niel Rimington (1928-2009); (†) Christie's, London, 6 July 2010, lot 25.
Exhibited
New York, Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture; and London, Dulwich Picture Gallery, William Beckford 1760-1844: An Eye for the Magnificent, 18 October 2001-4 April 2002, no. 130, as 'Anonymous, possibly Flemish' (entry by J. Chapel).
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Sale room notice
We are grateful to Monsieur Benoît Reiter for identifying the sitter as comte Charles de Mansfeld (1543-1595), eldest son of comte Pierre Ernest de Mansfeld (1517-1604).