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Portrait of Captain Thomas Lee
Artist: attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (1561 - 1636)
Location: Tate
Date: 1594
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 249 x 158 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £15,000 (Total: £200,000)
Vendor: Capt Loel Guinness
Review number: 2754 (1979)
Provenance:
Sir Henry Lee, Ditchley; Captain Loel Guinness; on loan to Tate since 1953.
Description:
Portrait of Captain Lee wearing the masque costume of an Irish Knight with bare legs to facilitate his progress through the watery bogs of Ireland. Alludes to Lee's military adventures in Ireland, which eventually led him to the scaffold in 1601. The grant is for 5 works.
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