Follower of Nicholas Hilliard Portrait of George Clifford
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £2600
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Description
Follower of Nicholas Hilliard
Portrait of George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland (1558-1605)
Bust length, wearing armour
Inscribed: Aet 22 Ano. 1587 and with the sitters coat of arms upper left, possibly later
Oil on canvas
50 x 43cm; 20½ x 17in
For a comparable work see the portrait of the same sitter in the Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Cumbria
