£1,500
Late 16th Century
A portrait of a gentleman wearing a leopard cloak (John the Baptist?)
With an inscription on the garland of the cross "licet nova condere fata" (cf. Virgil, Aeneid, Bk. X, ln. 34)
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
(Panel) 12 in. (H) x 10 in. (W)
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