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Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543)
Katherine, Duchess of Suffolk (1519-1580) c.1532-43
Black and coloured chalks, pen and ink, and brush and ink on pale pink prepared paper | 28.9 x 20.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 912194
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A portrait drawing of Katherine, Duchess of Suffolk (1519-1580), fourth wife of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. A bust length portrait facing three-quarters to the left. She wears an embroidered collar, necklace and a medallion. Inscribed in an eighteenth-century hand at upper left: The Dutcheſs of Suffolk. Annotated by the artist: rot (red) and Damast (damask).
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 brush and ink on pale pink prepared paper
pale pink prepared paper, black chalk, red chalk, yellow chalk, brown chalk, pen and ink, brush and inkMeasurements
28.9 x 20.9 cm (sheet of paper)
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RL 12194
