AFTER FRANS II POURBUS (FLEMISH 1569-1622) Lot n° 4

PORTRAITS OF PHILIP III OF SPAIN and HIS WIFE MARGARET OF AUSTRIA - A PAIR both oil on panel each 26.5 x 20.5cm; 10 1/2 x 8in each 39.5 x 33cm; 15 1/2 x 13in (framed) (2) Property from a Private Collector Provenance Ralph Bernal, London (Bernal, 1785-1854, was born in London and educated at Christ’s College, Cambridge. He served as an MP for the Whig party in various constituencies between 1818 and 1852. An avid collector of glass, ceramics and miniatures he became president of the British Archaeological Society in 1853) His posthumous sale, Christie's London, 5th March 1855 Sir John Ramsden 6th Bt. Bulstrode, Gerrards Cross, Bucks. (Sir John Ramsden, 1877-1958, known as ‘Chops’ to his friends due to his side-whiskers, was a keen polo player and gardener. He sold the contents of his Buckinghamshire seat in his three-day sale at Christie’s in 1932. He is described in one obituary as ‘a simple, natural person, who set no great store by possessions’ and is also said to have turned down a peerage. He spent a great deal of time in Kenya on his farm and invested heavily in the country’s agricultural and industrial development) His sale, Christie's London, 27th May 1932, lot 114 Sale, Bonhams London, 9th April 2003, lot 2 Sale, Sotheby's Olympia London, 6th July 2004 (purchased by the present owner)