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Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543)
An unidentified woman c.1526-8
Black and coloured chalks | 40.5 x 29.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 912273
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A portrait drawing of an unidentified woman. A bust length portrait facing three-quarters to the left. She wears a Netherlandish (?) style of headdress and a dress with a V-shaped décolletage. Inscribed by the artist: atless (silk), dam (damask), and ? ora (gold).
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
40.5 x 29.2 cm (sheet of paper)
Object type(s)
Other number(s)
RL 12273
