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File:Edward Courtenay 1st Earl of Devon.jpg

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Artist
UnknownUnknown
English: English School
Formerly attributed to Steven van der Meulen  (fl. 1543–1563)  wikidata:Q7615426
 
Alternative names
Steven van der Muelen
Description Southern Netherlandish painter
Date of birth/death 1563 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
Work period from 1543 until 1563
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1543-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1563-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location
Antwerp (1543-1552), London (1560-15683), Stockholm (1561)
Authority file
Formerly attributed to Hans Eworth  (circa 1520
date QS:P,+1520–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
–1574?)  wikidata:Q2468731
 
Formerly attributed to Hans Eworth
Alternative names
Hans Ewouts, Hans Eewouts, Haunce Eewouts, Jan Eewouts, Hans Eottes, Haunce Eottes, Jan Eottes, Hans Euerts, Haunce Euerts, Jan Euerts, Hans Evance, Haunce Evance, Jan Evance, Haunce Eworth, Jan Eworth, Hans Ewottes, Haunce Ewottes, Jan Ewottes, Haunce Ewouts, Jan Ewouts, Hans Ewoutsz., Haunce Ewoutsz., Jan Ewoutsz., Hans Huett, Haunce Huett, Jan Huett
Description English painter, artist, portraitist, court painter, goldsmith and jeweler
Date of birth/death circa 1520
date QS:P,+1520-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 1574 (?)
Location of birth/death Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
Work period from 1540 until 1574
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1540-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1574-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location
England (1543-1563), London
Authority file
Formerly attributed to Antonis Mor  (1519–1575)  wikidata:Q176694
 
Formerly attributed to Antonis Mor
Alternative names
Anthonis Moor, Anthony Moor, Anthonis Moor van Dashorst, Anthony Moor van Dashorst, Anthony Mor, Anthonis Mor van Dashorst, Anthony Mor van Dashorst, Anthony More, Antonio Moro
Description Dutch painter and drawer
Date of birth/death circa  Edit this at Wikidata 1575 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Utrecht Edit this at Wikidata Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Utrecht (1544), Antwerp (1547-1550), Rome (1550), Portugal (1552-1553), Utrecht (1554), England (1554-1555), Northern Netherlands (1555-1559), Spain (1559-1560), Utrecht (1560-1567), Antwerp (1567-1575)
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Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: Portrait of Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (1526-1556). In background a ruined castle, possibly Tiverton Castle, seat of the Earls of Devon
Date circa 1555
date QS:P571,+1555-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on panel
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 41.5 in (105.4 cm); width: 30 in (76.2 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,41.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,30U218593
Object history
English: Provenance:
  • The Dukes of Bedford, Woburn Abbey, by 1727, and by descent to Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford
  • Sold Christie's, London, 19 January 1951, lot 126, as Mor (220 guineas)
  • Colonel A.V. Dower Gander, T.D. (1898-1980), until at least 1956.
  • Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 17 April 1980, lot 51, as Hans Eworth (£7,000).
  • With Lane Fine Art, London, 1980, from whom acquired by the present owner.
  • Sold Christie's 22 January 2014
Inscriptions
En puer, ac insons et adhuc juvenilibus annis / Annos bis septem carcere clausus cram, Me pater his tenust Vinelis, Que filia soluit / Sois me sic tandem vertitur a Superis
bottom right:
E. Cortenay, Comes Devon
Notes Roy Strong (1969) dates this as 1568 and attributes it to van der Meulen; as Courtney died in 1556 we accept Christie's 2014 date of c. 1555.
References Strong, Roy (1969) The English Icon: Elizabethan and Jacobean Portraiture, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul
Source/Photographer Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5763897 (sale 6454, lot 70)
Other versions
  • Engraving of 1762
    Engraving of 1762
  • Copy c. 1800
    Copy c. 1800
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