Attributed to Sir James Palmer

(1584-1657) A Gentleman, said to be a member of the ‘Dorset’ family, wearing white falling ruff trimmed with lace and black, embroidered doublet

c. 1615

Watercolour, bodycolour and gold on vellum in gilded metal frame

Oval, 1 7/8 in. (47 mm.) high

Provenance

The R.L. Bayne-Powell Collection of Portrait Miniatures;

Sotheby's, London, 11 October 1991, as an unknown member of the Dorset family by Isaac Oliver (c.1565-1617);

Christie's, London, 21 April 1998, lot 645;

Private Collection, UK

Literature

D. Foskett, Collecting Miniatures, Woodbridge 1979, pp. 56, 70, pl. 3a;
D. Foskett, Miniatures Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge 1987, p. 70, p. 56, pl. 3a