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Description English School, circa 1600
Portrait of a bishop, bust-length
inscribed centre left: Sic Fui: Deo, / Ecclesi?. Vobis,
oil on panel, in a painted oval
56.6 x 42.7 cm.
Condition Report The panel is uncradled, flat and stable, and joined vertically along the centre. The varnish is slightly discoloured. The join is just visible under raking light. Parts of the paint surface have tented and been restored in the upper right quadrant. This is confirmed under ultraviolet light which further reveals small and scattered cosmetic retouchings, with more concentrated areas in the sitter's hat and beard.
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Literature Catalogue of Portraits, 1920,?'Small Panels', p. 24.
Notes We are grateful to the Librarian?and Archivist at Lambeth Palace for suggesting that this painting is in all probability?a portrait?of an Anglican bishop of the early 17th century and that one plausible candidate might be Robert Abbott (1560-1617), Bishop of Salisbury. Abbott was a noted scholar and writer like his brother George, who became Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of James I and Charles I. He was active in Oxford where he became Master of Balliol in 1606 and Regius Professor of Divinity in 1613. Two years later he?was consecrated?Bishop of Salisbury. Like his?brother he was a strong?defender of the reformed religion, drawn to Calvinism and deeply anti the Roman Catholic faith.