id: 170436 accession number: 2012.53 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.53 updated: 2025-02-09 07:04:10.695000 Portrait of Philip II, King of Spain , mid-1550s . Alessandro Cesati (Italian, before 1538-after 1564). Citrine, mounted in a gold and enamel pendant; pendant: 4.3 x 2.8 x 0.9 cm (1 11/16 x 1 1/8 x 3/8 in.); gem: 3.2 x 2.5 cm (1 1/4 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, By exchange: Bequests of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin and John L. Severance; Dudley P. Allen Fund; Gift of Carrie Moss Halle in memory of Salmon Portland Halle; Gift of S. Livingstone Mather, Constance Mather Bishop, Philip R. Mather, Katherine Hoyt Cross, 2012.53 title: Portrait of Philip II, King of Spain title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: mid-1550s creation date earliest: 1555 creation date latest: 1569 current location: 118 Italian Renaissance creditline: By exchange: Bequests of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin and John L. Severance; Dudley P. Allen Fund; Gift of Carrie Moss Halle in memory of Salmon Portland Halle; Gift of S. Livingstone Mather, Constance Mather Bishop, Philip R. Mather, Katherine Hoyt Cross, copyright: --- culture: Italy, 16th century technique: citrine, mounted in a gold and enamel pendant department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: Sculpture type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Alessandro Cesati (Italian, before 1538-after 1564) - artist --- measurements: Pendant: 4.3 x 2.8 x 0.9 cm (1 11/16 x 1 1/8 x 3/8 in.); Gem: 3.2 x 2.5 cm (1 1/4 x 1 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed on collar .A.E. (Likely abbreviation for “ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΕΠΟΙΕΙ”, or “Alexandros Epoiei,” which translates to “Alexander made [me / this].”) translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Possibly King Philip II of Spain (1527-1598), possibly by gift to his godson Philip Howard date: 1550s footnotes: citations: Possibly Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel (1557-1595), by inheritance to his son Thomas Howard (1585-1646) date: 1550s-1595 footnotes: citations: Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel (1585-1646), by inheritance to Henry Frederick Howard (1608-1652) date: 1595-1646 footnotes: citations: Henry Frederick Howard, Lord Maltravers (1608-1652), by descent to Herny Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk (1655-1701) date: 1646-1652 footnotes: citations: Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk (1655-1701), by settlement to his divorced Duchess Lady Mary Mordaunt (c. 1659-1705) date: 1652-1700 footnotes: citations: Duchess Lady Mary Mordaunt (c. 1659-1705), by inheritance to her second husband Sir John Germain (1650-1718) date: 1700-1705 footnotes: citations: Sir John Germain (1650-1718), by inheritance to his second wife Lady Elizabeth Germain (1680-1769) date: 1705-1718 footnotes: citations: Lady Elizabeth Germain (1680-1769), by gift to her great niece Lady Mary Beauclerc (1743-1812) on the occasion of her marriage to Lord Charles Spencer (1740-1820), brother of the 3rd duke of Marlborough date: 1718-1762 footnotes: citations: Lord Charles Spencer (1740-1820), by inheritance to Lady Mary Spencer, by family arrangement to her brother-in-law George Spencer (1739-1817) date: 1762- footnotes: citations: George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817), by inheritance to George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough (1766-1840) date: -1817 footnotes: citations: George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough (1766-1840), by inheritance to George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough (1793-1857) date: 1817-1840 footnotes: citations: George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough (1793-1857), by inheritance to John Winston Spencer-Churchill (1822-1883) date: 1840-1857 footnotes: citations: John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822-1883) (sold, Christie's, London, 1875, lot 587, to David Bromilow) date: 1857-1875 footnotes: citations: David Bromilow (sold, Christie's, London, June 26, 1899, lot 587 to Francis Whelan for £105) date: 1875-1899 footnotes: citations: Francis Whelan date: 1899 - before 1930 footnotes: citations: Spink and Sons date: Before 1930 footnotes: citations: Private collection (sold Bonham's, London, December 2008, for £62,400 to Lowell Libson) date: Before 2008 footnotes: citations: Lowell Libson and Thomas Heneage date: 2008-2012 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio date: 2012- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cupperi, Walter. "Replication, Iconographic Seriality, and Cross-Cultural Issues: New Perspectives on the Portrait Cameos of Philip II." Hispanic Research Journal, Vol. 16, No. 5 (October 2015): 403-422. page number: url: Boardman, John. The Marlborough Gems: Formerly at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. page number: Reproduced: p. 66. cat. # 84 url: Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 53 no. 02, March/April 2013 page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p. 19 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2013-02/page/n17 Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 180 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.53/2012.53_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.53/2012.53_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.53/2012.53_full.tif