Lot 120

British School Painting, Sir Walter Raleigh

Estimate: $1,500 - $3,000

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(possibly 16th century)

Full length, Raleigh standing near a table with globe and document, a window open to the sea, inscribed upper right "Sir Walter Raleigh/Aetatis Svae 36/1588", oil on oak panel, 26-3/8 x 18-1/8 in.; carved, gilt and painted wood frame with central bosses and faux sgraffito decoration, 33-1/2 x 25-3/8 x 2-3/4 in.

Provenance: Ex-collection JuliusB. Weitzner, New York; Gift to the North Carolina Museum of Art, sold Christie's, February 8, 2012, lot 11, for $3,000; Property from the Collection of Dee and Tommy Hilfiger

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Ex-collection JuliusB. Weitzner, New York; Gift to the North Carolina Museum of Art, sold Christie's, February 8, 2012, lot 11, for $3,000; Property from the Collection of Dee and Tommy Hilfiger

repairs to vertical splits in panel, verso waxed, crackle, at least two periods of restoration with retouch; frame with abrasions