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Sir Peter Lely (1618-80)
Queen Anne (1665-1714) when a Child 1667-68
Oil on canvas | 126.7 x 102.6 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 405810
Presence Chamber, Palace of Holyroodhouse
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This portrait was probably painted in c.1667-8 when Princess Anne was around 3 years old. The great tit bird appears to have been painted over the curtain and might have been added later by one of Lely's assistants. She wears a linen shift which imitates classical drapery and a large white feather adorns her headdress.
Provenance
First recorded in the King's Closet at Windsor Castle in 1688 (no 1075); in the Prince's Bedchamber at Kensington in 1710 (no 185); in the Blue Room at Kensington in 1720; the Passage Room in 1750; and still at Kensington in 1818 in the Privy Chamber (no 76), though thought to depict the Duke of Gloucester as a child
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
126.7 x 102.6 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
144.9 x 120.5 x 6.5 cm (frame, external)
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Alternative title(s)
Henry (?), Duke of Gloucester, previously identified as
