Mrs Elizabeth Parker, aged 22
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1593 (inscribed and dated)
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
295 x 245 mm (11 3/4 x 9 3/4 in)
Order this imageCollection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 637674
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Mrs Elizabeth Parker, aged 22, British (English) School, inscribed across ther top in gold lettering: A° DNI 1593 / At. SVA .22 ELE PARKER. A half-length portrait of a young woman, turned slightly to the left, gazing at the spectator in matching cap and bodice,high collar ruff, green patterned jacket,holding a red rose in her left hand. Label on reverse--'Mrs Elizabeth Parker. Painted by Holbein,a German born in Augsberg AD1498 died 1554 aged 56 C Mans - (?)'.
Provenance
1944, gifted to the National Trust by Field Marshal Sir Archibald and Lady Montgomery Massingberd.
Credit line
Gunby Hall, The Montgomery-Massingberd Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist previously catalogued as attributed to Hans Holbein the younger (Augsburg 1497/8 - London 1543), artist