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Anne Cresacre (c.1511-1577) 1526-27
Black and coloured chalks | 37.2 x 26.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 912270
Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543)
Anne Cresacre (c. 1511-1577) 1526-27
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A portrait drawing of Anne Cresacre (c.1511-1577). She is shown half-length, seated on a chair, facing three-quarters to the right. The drawing is in black and coloured chalks, which have been wetted to create the flesh tone of the face.
This is one of a group of studies made by Holbein shortly after his arrival in England for a large group portrait of Sir Thomas More and his family. The finished painting was destroyed by fire in 1752, but a sketch for the composition survives in Basel and individual studies for seven of the sitters are in the Royal Collection. An early copy of the finished work by Rowland Lockey at Nostell Priory in West Yorkshite may record the appearance of the final painting.
Anne Cresacre was the ward of Sir Thomas More. She would later marry More's son John, who was also drawn by Holbein (RCIN 912226)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
Measurements
37.2 x 26.6 cm (sheet of paper)
Markings
watermark: Briquet 12863: crowned vase with flower [see also 12224,12225,12229,12217,12215,12263,12258,12190,12193,12206]
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RL 12270
