“Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester” (1532-1588)

“Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester” (1532-1588)
Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780)
after an unknown artist
Line engraving, published by John & Paul Knapton, 1738
On paper
Size:  36.5 cm x 23 cm

Sitter within a feigned architectural oval with his name an image of a battle in a cartouche beneath with a warrior standing before a queen, a rococo style martial trophy beneath. Publication line in the lower margin "In the possession of Sr. Robert Worsley Bart.", "J. Houbraken sculps. Amst.", "Impensis I.&P. Knapton Londini.1738."