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1 of 253523 objects
British School, 17th century
Portrait of a Woman c.1635
Oil on canvas | 74.8 x 61.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 406093
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Half-length portrait of a woman, facing half to the left, apparently wearing mourning dress. She wears a white bodice and skirt, decorated with multiple layers of lace and black ribbons. Her head is covered by a two-layered veil of transparent linen trimmed with lace.
Provenance
Possibly one of a group of group of historical portraits acquired in 1731 with the lease of Kew House from Lady Elizabeth Capel by Frederick, Prince of Wales; certainly recorded in the Queen's Drawing Room at Kensington Palace in 1818 (no 152) as Cornelius Johnson
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
74.8 x 61.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
88.2 x 75.0 x 6.6 cm (frame, external)
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Alternative title(s)
A lady in white with black ribbons, previously entitled
