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| Artist | After Altissimo, Cristofano dell` (Italian painter, ca.1525-1605) Attributed to Italian School |
| Previous attributions | Previously attributed to British School |
| Title | Portrait of Philip II of Spain |
| Alternative/previous titles | Arrigo VIII d'Inghilterra |
| Date earliest | possibly 1600 |
| Date latest | possibly 1700 |
| Material | oil on panel |
| Measurements | 28.5 x 22.3 cm |
| Description | During the late sixteenth and seventeenth century, small portraits of famous people were popular with Italian patrons who collected galleries of famous faces. The Italian inscription on the back of the panel erroneously identifying the sitter as Henry VIII may well confirm such an Italian origin for the painting. The painting was once in the ownership of the Thoresby family, who lived at Cliffe Castle, Keighley, the reason why Bradford Museums decided to buy the painting when it came up at auction in 1989. |
| Subject | portrait (Philip II of Spain) |
| Collection | Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford |
| Current accession number | 1997-34 |
| Acquisition details | Purchased from Lady Rozelle Raynes via Sotheby's London, 31 May - 2 June 1989, lot 667. |
| Provenance | Thoresby family of Keighley, after 1875; by descent to Lady Rozelle Raynes. |
| Principal publications | Sotheby's, Thoresby Hall, Newark Nottinghmanshire, Wednesday 31st May Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd June, London, 1989, lot 667, p. 158, ill. as Philip II of Spain by English School. |
| Notes | Reverse label on panel c 'Arrigo VIII d'Inghilterra' written in pen and ink. Reverse ll Thoresby number 'MUP28'. See the similar portrait of Philip II in the Uffizi by Cristofano dell'Altissimo, dated before 1568, inv. 42. Lady Rozelle Raynes lived at Thoresby Hall, Nottinghamshire. |
| Rights status | Bradford Museums, Galleries and Heritage (Cartwright Hall) |
| Author | Dr Phillippa Plock |
