λ French School c 1634 Portrait miniature of a nobleman

λ French School c 1634

Portrait miniature of a nobleman, head and shoulders, wearing a white embroidered jacket and wide lace ruff

Inscribed: Pour l'infini le fini ie reiette Anno Domini 1634 Aetatis Suae 50, also charged with a coat of arms and the initials P.C.L.V.E.

Oval, in a gilt frame

65 x 51mm

Provenance:

Limner Antiques London in the early 1970's, believed to have been purchased by them from Sotheby's London