English: Portrait of a Lady, probably Elizabeth Southwell, granddaughter of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, as a maid of honour to Elizabeth I of England. Possibly Elizabeth, Frances or Margaret Howard, daughters of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham.
Date
between circa 1595 and circa 1605
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1595-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1605-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
height: 198.1 cm (77.9 in) ; width: 137.2 cm (54 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,+198.1U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+137.2U174728
Object history
Provenance:
Presumably by descent through Catherine Southwell (d. 1657), daughter of Sir Robert Southwell, of Woodrising, Norfolk, and granddaughter of Catherine Countess of Nottingham, who married in 1618 Sir Greville Verney, de jure 7th Baron Willoughby de Broke (c. 1586-1642), of Compton Verney, Warwickshire, and by descent to
Sir Richard Greville, 19th Baron Willoughby de Broke (1869-1923), of Compton Verney, Warwickshire;
Sotheby's London, 27 June 1921, lot 66, as 'Marcus Gheeraerdts, the Younger, Portrait of Queen Elizabeth' (sold for £2,950[?])
Acquired from Leggatt Brothers, London, by Harold Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray.
Auction: Christie's, 13-15 September, 2011, Cowdray Park Sale, as "English School, circa 1595-1605, Portrait of a lady, identified as Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Charles, 1st Earl of Nottingham, full-length, in a white silk satin dress" [1][2]
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