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HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER (1497/8-1543)

Portrait of a Lady, perhaps Katherine Howard (1520-1542)

circa 1540

RCIN 422293

The jewellery worn in this miniature supports the traditional identification of the sitter as Katherine Howard, Henry VIII’s fifth queen. Another suggestion is Mary, Lady Monteagle, Jane Seymour’s lady in waiting.

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