Portrait of Charles Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham, later 1st Earl of Nottingham

Nicholas Hilliard1576

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Title: Portrait of Charles Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham, later 1st Earl of Nottingham
Creator: Nicholas Hilliard (British, c. 1547-1619)
Date Created: 1576
Physical Dimensions: Framed: 5.2 x 4.8 cm (2 1/16 x 1 7/8 in.); Unframed: 4.9 x 4.4 cm (1 15/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Provenance: family of the sitter, to the Earls of Carlisle, Castle Howard. Viscount Morpeth (Sotheby's London sale Mary 14, 1959, lot 114). (Agnew, 1960). Purchased by Mrs. A. Dean Perry from Thos. Agnew & Sons, Ltd., 2/16/60 for £3,400.00 as "An Elizabethan Gallant".
Type: Portrait Miniature
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.39
Medium: watercolor on vellum in a gilt metal frame
Inscriptions: inscribed from left: Ano, Dm. 1576: / AEtatis Suae; 39.
Department: European Painting and Sculpture
Culture: England, 16th century
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Belden Greene
Collection: P - British before 1800
Accession Number: 1960.39

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