An Unknown Lady in a Black Dress
Continental School
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
circa 1600
Materials
Oil on copper
Measurements
43 x 34 mm
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 731910
Summary
Portrait miniature, oil painting on copper, An Unknown Lady in a Black Dress, Continental School. c.1600. Oval. Head and shoulders portrait of a young woman, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, with red hair dressed high, small white lace cap at the back, and wearing a spiky scalloped lace ruff, a black dress. Bottle green background.
Marks and inscriptions
'8' and 'c. 1600' on reverse
Makers and roles
Continental School, miniaturist