An Unknown Woman, aged 41
manner of Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (Bruges 1561/2 - London 1636)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1629 (inscribed)
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
845 x 622 mm (33 1/4 x 24 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1151374
Summary
Oil painting on panel, An Unknown Woman, aged 41, manner of Marcus Geeraerts the younger (Bruges 1561 – London 1635), inscribed top right (in fine script): an[n]i 1629 /AEta suae. 41. A three-quarter length portrait to left, in a dark dress with embroidered panels, white ruff and cuffs, and black hat with brim, a book in her left hand, lorgnon (?) in her right, watch suspended from waist.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905 – 1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: 'An. Dni. 1629 / AEta Suae 41' (in fine script top right)
Makers and roles
manner of Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (Bruges 1561/2 - London 1636), artist
References
Erddig 1914 Chronicles of Erthig on the Dyke by Albina Lucy Cust, (2 vols) 1914 , p. 323