Herman Verelst

(Dutch, 1641-1690)
Portrait of Sir Philip Sidney, Fifth Earl of Leicester
oil on canvas
45 x 35 1/2 inches.

Note: titled and attributed in later script (verso). Apparently unsigned. Instances of craquelure throughout. Canvas is lined. Repaired tear to the lower-left quadrant of the canvas around the subject's feet, approximately 8 inches at its longest vertically and 5 1/2 inches at its widest horizontally. Repaired patch to the tear visible on the reverse (patch is approximately 2 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches).