Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543)
Mary, Lady Monteagle (1510-before 1544) c.1538-40
Black and coloured chalks, pen and ink, and brush and ink on pink prepared paper | 29.7 x 20.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 912223
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A portrait drawing of Mary, Lady Monteagle (1510-before 1544), married to Thomas Stanley, 2nd Lord Monteagle, and daughter of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. A bust length portrait facing three-quarters to the right. She wears a necklace with a jewelled letter 'M' pendant, and a medallion. The drawing is inscribed by the artist: rot dammas rot rot with [?]G. Inscribed in an eigtheenth-century hand at upper left: The Lady Montegle.
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 pink prepared paper
Measurements
29.7 x 20.0 cm (sheet of paper)
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Other number(s)
RL 12223
