Lot 247: Circle of Marcus Gheeraerts II (Bruges c. 1561-c. 1635 London?)

Circle of Marcus Gheeraerts II (Bruges c. 1561-c. 1635 London?)
Portrait of a gentleman, formerly identified as Sir Walter Raleigh, three-quarter-length, in black standing by a table
inscribed 'AEta. 48.' (upper left) and with date '1603' (upper right)
oil on panel
45¼ x 34 1/8 in. (114.9 x 86.7 cm.)

Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, Carolina Charter Tercentenary Exhibition, 23 March-28 May 1963, no. 76, as 'Gheeraerts II'.
Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, The World of Shakespeare: 1564-1616, 10 January-16 February 1964 and 10 March-6 April 1964, no. 18, as 'Gheeraerts II'.
Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, Robert F. Phifer Collection, 31 March-13 May 1973, pp. 30-31, as 'Gheeraerts II'.
Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, Prince Henry and His Times, 29 May-3 July, 1977, as 'Gheeraerts II'.

L. Cust, 'The Portraits of Sir Walter Raleigh,' Walpole Society Publications, VIII, n.d., pp. 12-13.
W.R. Valentiner, Catalogue of Paintings: Including Three Sets of Tapestries, Raleigh, 1956, no. 83, as 'Gheeraerts II'.
C.W. Stanford, Jr., Masterpieces in the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1966, no. 4, as 'Gheeraerts II'.
C.W. Stanford, Jr., Selections from British and American Painting and Sculpture, Raleigh, 1967, no. 1, cover, as 'Gheeraerts II'.
The North Carolina Museum of Arts, British Paintings to 1900: Catalogue of Paintings, Raleigh, 1969, II, no. 77, as 'Gheeraerts II'.

Sherborne Castle.
Kingston House, Dorchester.
Mr. Morton Pitt.
Sir William Chatterton to 1840.
The Raleigh Club, London.
Sir William Chatterton.
Mrs. Dering, Knowle.
William Randolph Hearst, St. Donat's Castle, Wales.
The North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1952.