An Unknown Lady
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1570 - 1599
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
610 x 420 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 959515
Summary
Oil painting on panel, An Unknown Lady, English School, late 16th century. A half-length portrait of a lady, facing the viewer, wearing a black dress and hat, with an elaborately patterned white stomacher with acorn motifs, and a ruff. Attached to her bodice is a ring, bearing a device (possibly a rose). The edge of a gold glove is visible on her right hand. A scythe and hourglass motif is visible at the top left. The panel appears to have been cut down, possibly on all sides.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust by private treaty sale from Lord St Oswald in 2010
Credit line
Nostell Priory, The St Oswald Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist previously catalogued as school of Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (Bruges 1561/2 - London 1636), artist previously catalogued as school of Federico Zuccaro (Sant’Angelo in Vado c.1541 – Ancona 1609) , artist
References
Brockwell 1915 Maurice Walter Brockwell, Catalogue of the Pictures and Other Works of Art in the Collection of Lord St Oswald at Nostell Priory, London 1915, cat. no. 110