Called Lord Ambrose Dudley, 1st Earl of Warwick, KG (c.1528-1590)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1530 - 1569
Materials
Oil on panel (with ruddled back)
Measurements
660 x 533 mm (26 x 21 in)
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Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 533883
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Called Lord Ambrose Dudley, 1st Earl of Warwick, KG (c.1528-1589/90), British (English) School, mid 16th century. A half-length portrait in an interior, wearing a brown doublet with gold braid and jewelled bonnet, a cloak across his shoulders, the Greater George hangs from a chain his neck, with his shadow to the right of the eldest brother of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. It may be an overpainting of a 16th-century portrait. According to Mary Elizabeth Lucy the portrait was purchased by her husband George Hammond Lucy from Mr Hume and came from Holland House.
Credit line
Charlecote Park, The Fairfax-Lucy Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: on top member, in pencil: Mr. Lacey; and in chalk: 70; on right-hand side, in chalk: Charlecote; label of W.F. & Son No.: 589 (F)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist