© V&A Picture Library
© V&A Picture Library
Portrait of Margaret Laton & Jacket of Margaret Laton
Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
- Art Funded
- 1994
- Dimensions
- 82 x 62 cm
- Vendor
- Estate of Mary, Viscountess Rothemere
Portrait of Margaret Laton by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (1561-1636).
Linen jacket is the same one worn in the portrait and is embroidered in highly coloured silks and silver and gold thread with sequins, bobbin lace & spangles.
Provenance
By descent to Major-General Sir John Headlam; his sale Christie's, 1929; bought Harmsworth, later 2nd Viscount Rothermere, Warwick House; by descent to Mary, Vicountess Rothermere, 1993.