Blanche Parry (1508-1590)
possibly Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (Bruges 1561/2 - London 1636)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1590 - 1600
Materials
Oil paint and wood
Measurements
1360 x 940 x 60 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Tredegar, Newport
NT 1553674
Summary
Painting. An oil painting on panel, three-quarter length portrait of Blanche Parry (1508-1590) wearing a pale green/grey dress with a high open ruff, English School, 1590/1600. Blanche Parry, a woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I. She wears pearls, in her auburn hair, on a long elaborate pearl and jewel necklace and a jewelled brooch on her left sleeve. Within a gilded 18th Century frame, with acanthus leaf corners and floral carvings interspersed with flat plaques.
Provenance
Part of the collection on loan to the National Trust from Newport Museum and Galleries. In March 2012 the National Trust took over the management of Tredegar House with its contents and its 90 acres of gardens and parkland, from Newport City Council for a period of 50 years.
Makers and roles
possibly Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (Bruges 1561/2 - London 1636), artist British (English) School, artist