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Portrait of a Woman c.1560
Oil on panel | 48.9 x 36.4 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 402655
British School, 16th century
Portrait of a Woman c.1560
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A portrait of a woman. Head and shoulders, facing half to the left, wearing a black dress with a fur wrap, a small non-continuous ruff and a black headdress. The artist of this work has not been identified. The sitter has been linked tentatively to Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk. A portrait at Petworth (see Collins Baker, 'Catalogue of the Petworth Collection of Pictures', 1920) appears to represent the same woman on a larger scale and is inscribed with the date 1560 and the sitter's age (24). Another version of the portrait is in the Duke of Sutherland's collection.
Provenance
First recorded in the Royal Collection in 1871
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Medium and techniques
Oil on panel
Measurements
48.9 x 36.4 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
71.6 x 58.7 x 5.2 cm (frame, external)
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Alternative title(s)
Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (1517-59), previously identified as