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

Portrait of Robert Radcliffe, 5th Earl of Sussex (1569-1629) by Unknown Artist, 1590

© Royal Armouries Museum

Details

Medium:

Oil

Dimensions:

216 x 141 cm

Art Fund grant:

£825 ( Total: £825)

Acquired in:

1950

Vendor:

Sotheby's

Full length, in white Greenwich armour down to waist. Left hand holding sword, right holding lance. Inscribed 'Amando et fidando troppo, son rovinato'.

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.