An Unknown Lady, aged 30, possibly Anne Paget (d.1608), wife of Sir Henry Sharington (d.1581)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1575 (inscribed)
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
832 x 628 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 996354
Caption
This portrait possibly shows Anne Paget, daughter of Grace Farrington and Robert Paget. Her mother married, secondly, Sir William Sharington (c.1495 – 1553), who bought Lacock in 1540. Anne married her mother’s brother-in-law, or her step-uncle, Sir Henry Sharington.
Summary
Oil painting on panel, An Unknown Lady, aged 30, possibly Anne Paget (d.1608), wife of Sir Henry Sharington, d.1581), English School, 1575, inscribed 'AN DOM 1575 AETATIS SUA 30'. ¾ - length, standing, wearing a black dress and coat, with a white ruff, a gold headdress and a gold necklace; she holds a strand of her belt in her left hand. The costume is compatible with a dating to the early 1570s.
Full description
This portrait possibly shows Anne Paget, daughter of Grace Farrington and Robert Paget. Her mother married, secondly, Sir William Sharington (c.1495 – 1553), who bought Lacock in 1540. Anne married her mother’s brother-in-law, or her step-uncle, Sir Henry Sharington. If the sitter were 30 years old in 1575, she must have been born circa 1545. Given that her step-father was born circa 1495, it is indeed plausible that Anne Paget is the sitter.
Provenance
Given by Matilda Theresa Gilchrist-Clark Talbot (1871 – 1958), who gave the Abbey, the village of Lacock and the rest of the estate to the National Trust in 1944, along with 96 of the family portraits and other pictures, in 1948
Credit line
Lacock Abbey, The Talbot Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
AN DOM 1575 AETATIS SUA 30
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist