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| Keywords: Pierre Courteys - Portrait of a Nobleman - Walters 44275.jpg This portrait shows a young man in half-length his face in profile to the left with blue eyes thick curly hair full beard and moustache his left hand on the hilt of his sword his right hand grasping white gloves He wears a black velvet doublet with an embroidered falling linen collar and a gold locket hanging from a gold chain Before him is a table covered with a green cloth inscribed in gilding in Italian NE MORTE NE FORTVNA CONTRA QVESTA POSSENZA After QVESTA is the monogram which stands for P Cor Pierre Courteys On the blue background runs an inscription in Latin ANNO AETATis SVE 27 and along the oval edge a second Latin inscription NE MEMOREM NOSTRI HEC REDAT IMAGO ca 1559 Renaissance technique painted enamel copper cm 16 5 12 2 accession number 44 275 36412 Andrew Fountaine of Narford Hall Norfolk England date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale Paris June 16 1884 lot 283 Frédéric Spitzer Paris by purchase Sale Paul Chevallier and Charles Mannheim Paris April 17 1893 lot 536 Charles Borradaile Brighton England before 1897 by purchase George Robinson Harding London date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Renaissance portrait paintings in the Walters Art Museum Pierre Courteys Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Portrait miniatures in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
