ENGLISH SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY, Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Charles V (1500-1558), bust-length, in armour, wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece

ENGLISH SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY
Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Charles V (1500-1558), bust-length, in armour, wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece
oil on panel
11 x 83⁄8 in. (27.9 x 21.3 cm.)
inscribed 'LE LEMPERVER DESPAYNE' (lower centre)

Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.

Provenance

(Traditionally) Katherine of Aragon (1485-1536), Buckden Palace, Cambridgeshire, and later Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire.
The Dukes of Manchester, Kimbolton Castle, and by descent to,
Alexander Drogo Montagu, 10th Duke of Manchester (1902-1977), and by inheritance to the present owner.