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| Keywords: Edward Courtenay 1st Earl of Devon.jpg Artwork Unknown author English School formerly attributed to formerly attributed to Portrait of w Edward Courtenay 1st Earl of Devon 1526 - 1556 c 1555 Technique oil panel in 41 5 30 cite book Strong Roy The English Icon Elizabethan and Jacobean Portraiture Routledge Kegan Paul London 1969 object history 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 gns the following 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 credit line 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 on a stone top left E Cortenay Cornes Devon lower right 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 accession number Christie's online 5763897 6454 70 <gallery>File EdwardCourtenay 1stEarlOfDevon BythomasChambers1762 png Engraving of 1762 File EdwardCourtenayD1556 png Copy c 1800</gallery> retouched picture Frame removed PKM PD-old-100 1550s portrait paintings Edward Courtney 1st Earl of Devon Art from the Collections of Woburn Abbey | ||||
