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Portrait of Robert Radcliffe, 5th Earl of Sussex (1569-1629) (© Royal Armouries Museum)
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© Royal Armouries Museum

Portrait of Robert Radcliffe, 5th Earl of Sussex (1569-1629)

Artist: English School

Location: Royal Armouries Museum

Date: 1590

Materials: oil

Dimensions: 216 x 141 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £825 (Total: £825)

Vendor: Sotheby's

Review number: 1605 (1950)

Provenance:
Mentioned in Lumley Castle Inventory 1590; described in the 'Literary Cabinet' 1785 as at Lumley Castle; Earl of Scarborough Sale 1785; Henry Harris Sale 1950; Collection of Henry Harris.

Description:
Portrait of Robert Radcliffe, 5th Earl of Sussex (1569-1629). Full length, in white Greenwich armour down to waist. Left hand holding sword, right holding lance. Inscribed 'Amando et fidando troppo, son rovinato'.

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