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Frances, Countess of Surrey (1517-1577) c.1532-3
Black, white and coloured chalks, white bodycolour, and pen and ink, on pale pink prepared paper | 31.0 x 21.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 912214
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A portrait drawing of Frances, Countess of Surrey (1517-1577), wife of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and daughter of John, 15th Earl of Oxford. A half-length portrait facing to the front. She wears a yellow headdress, pendant and girdle. Her dress has been inscribed by the artist: rosa felbet (pink velvet), flebet (velvet), schwarz (black) and (?) rot (red). Inscribed in an eighteenth-century hand at upper left: The Lady Surry.
Frances de Vere married Henry Howard in 1532, and it is possible that these this drawing along with a companion piece of her husband (RCIN 912215) were made at that time, in preparation for painted portraits. This drawing includes notes in Holbein's hand to record the colours and materials worn by the Countess.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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Black, white and coloured chalks, white bodycolour, and pen and ink, on pale pink prepared paper
black chalk, white chalk, yellow chalk, brown chalk, red chalk, white bodycolour, pen and ink, pale pink prepared paperMeasurements
31.0 x 21.0 cm (sheet of paper)
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watermark: close to Briquet 1457, watermark cut [same as 12256,12221,12260,12242]
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RL 12214Featured in
ExhibitionCharles II: Art & Power: The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse
The art of the Restoration
PublicationCharles II: Art & Power
A lavish publication to accompany the Royal Collection exhibition
