(1547-1619)
Portrait miniature of a Lady of the Tudor Court
c. 1590
Watercolour on vellum
Oval, 2 1/16 inches (5.2 cm) high
Provenance
Probably Baron Gustave de Rothschild; By whom probably left to Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Bt.; Sybil Sassoon (1894-1989), Marchioness of Cholmondeley; By whom sold Christie's, London, 22nd October 1974, lot.69 for £17,000; Spink & Son; Private Collection, UK.
Literature
Auerbach, E. Nicholas Hilliard, London, 1961. pg.108 (illustrated), p.g.311. Reynolds, G. Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver, London, 1971, no.45.
Exhibitions
‘Hilliard and Oliver’, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1947, no. 45 ‘The Houghton Pictures’, Agnews, May 6 – June 6 1959, no. 30
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