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Portrait of an Unknown Woman, c.1600 (w/c on vellum laid on card)

IMAGE number
ROC5672286
Image title
Portrait of an Unknown Woman, c.1600 (w/c on vellum laid on card)
Artist
Oliver, Isaac (c.1565-1617) / French
Location
Royal Collection Trust
Medium
watercolour on vellum laid on card
Date
1600 AD (C16th AD)
Dimensions
7.8x5.9 cms
Image description

This miniature was acquired by Frederick, Prince of Wales from the distinguished connoisseur and collector Dr Richard Mead as a portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots. It had been engraved by George Vertue and Jacob Houbraken as Mary, Queen of Scots while in Dr Mead's collection, although Vertue had expressed reservations about the identity. This identification persisted until the early years of the twentieth century. It is clear that the sitter represented is neither royal nor aristocratic, but a rich citizen's wife drawn from the class in which Isaac Oliver found his first patrons during the late 1580s. The sitter's costume, in particular her peaked hat and divided, pleated ruff has been cited as evidence for a date as early as 1590 but recently scholars have argued in favour of a date following Isaac Oliver's return from Italy (1596-1600) on the basis of technique.

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Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King Charles III, 2024 / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
17th century / drawing / art / United Kingdom / Europe / nobility / society / royalty / house of Tudor / mzdrawing / Elizabethan era (1558–1603) / England / Tudor period (1485-1603) / bonnet / young / royal / necklace / baroque / hat / oval / england / northern renaissance / lace / britain / cap / british / miniature / elegant / english / Renaissance / jacobean / ruff / Painting / Mzpainting
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