File:English School Portrait of a Gentleman in Black c. 1600.jpg

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English: English School
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: Portrait of an unknown gentleman, traditionally identified (incorrectly) as Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565-1601), three-quarter-length, in a black doublet and ruff.
Date 1600
date QS:P571,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on panel
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 44.5 in (113 cm); width: 33.5 in (85 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,44.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,33.5U218593
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ÆTATIS SVÆ 32.

Date top right:

ANO DNI. 1600.
Notes
English: The sitter is not Essex; the date and age do not match and the portrait does not resemble known portraits of Essex.
Source/Photographer Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5675137 (sale 6392, lot 289)

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