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Description: | The subject of this portrait, once thought to be Charles Blount, Earl of Devonshire, is unidentified. According to the inscription, ?AE[tatis]suae 29 1596? the sitter was aged 29 when the portrait was painted in 1596, giving a birth date of around 1567. The sitter is richly dressed and wears an embroidered black doublet, trunk hose and a goffered linen ruff. His sword belt is of woven gold and silver thread. In the upper left hand corner is a ship under sail, with a hand emerging from a cloud waving her on and the inscription ?Le Semblable? [The Same]. The artist is also at present unidentified but the portrait is of high quality.
Dated 1596. Historical association: formerly thought to be Charles Blount. Note that Sir Sackville Trevor (b. 1567) who took part in the Cadiz raid of 1596 would fit the date on the picture: there is a late likeness of him (acc. ODNB, but image not available so far) at Glynde Place, East Sussex [R. Blyth 12/14]
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caption: Portrait of a Gentleman, circa 1596 | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Blount paintings Charles | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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