A Lady in a White Cap
possibly German School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1500 - 1599
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
343 x 279 mm (13 1/2 x 11 in)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Knightshayes Court, Devon
NT 541106
Summary
Oil painting on panel, A Lady in a White Cap, possibly German School, ealry 16th century. A profile view of a lady's head and shoulders, to left, in white drapery dress and cap with her hair drawn back underneath.
Provenance
L. F. Kretsen; his sale, Christie's 22 October 1948, lot 133; bought Agnew's, by whom sold to Sir John Heathcoat Amory on 19 May 1949; bequeathed by Sir John to the Knightshayes Garden Trust in 1972.
Credit line
Knightshayes Court, The Heathcote-Amory Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
possibly German School, artist previously catalogued as attributed to Hans Holbein the younger (Augsburg 1497/8 - London 1543), artist
References
Godfrey 1965 F. M. Godfrey, 'Heathcoat-Amory Collection', Apollo, LXXXII, 1965, p. 141-3