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Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543)
Margaret, Marchioness of Dorset (d. in or after 1535) c.1532-5
Black and coloured chalks, pen and ink, and metalpoint on pale pink prepared paper | 33.2 x 23.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 912209
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A portrait drawing of Mary, Marchioness of Dorset (d. in or after 1535), wife of Thomas Grey, second Marquess of Dorset, and daughter of Sir Robert Wotton. A bust length portrait facing three-quarters to the right. She is shown holding a flower. Inscribed in an eighteenth-century hand at upper left and centre: The Lady Marchioness...of Dorset.
Provenance
Henry VIII; Edward VI, 1547; Henry FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel; by whom bequeathed to John, Lord Lumley, 1580; by whom probably bequeathed to Henry, Prince of Wales, 1609, and thus inherited by Prince Charles (later Charles I), 1612; by whom exchanged with Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, 1627/8; by whom given to Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel; acquired by Charles II by 1675
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Medium and techniques
Black and coloured chalks, pen and ink, and metalpoint on pale pink prepared paper
Measurements
33.2 x 23.6 cm (sheet of paper)
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Other number(s)
RL 12209
