Portrait of an unidentified lady of the Elizabethan court. She is sumptuously dressed and bejewelled, she carries gloves in one hand and a martin-fur flea-catcher in the other. Attributed to Sir William Segar whose career as a herald, culminating in his appointment as Garter King of Arms in 1603. Active mainly in the last decade and a half of the 16th century, painting the Queen, the Earls of Essex and Leicester etc.
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Title of artwork, date
A Noblewoman, 1590s
Date supported
1983
Medium and material
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
104 x 83 cm
Grant
2000
Total cost
30000
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