. English: Portrait of Margaret, Marchioness of Dorset. Black and coloured chalks, pen and Indian ink, metalpoint, on pink-primed paper, × cm, Royal Collection, Windsor Castle. The drawing has been almost entirely ruined by rubbing, damage during transfer to panel, and reworking by other hands. The foundation drawing is virtually erased, but traces of left-handed shading in the headdress identify it as originally a Holbein (Parker, p. 43). The sitter was once misidentified as Frances Grey, Marchioness of Dorset, the mother of Lady Jane Grey. In fact she is Frances Grey's mother-in-la
. English: Portrait of Margaret, Marchioness of Dorset. Black and coloured chalks, pen and Indian ink, metalpoint, on pink-primed paper, × cm, Royal Collection, Windsor Castle. The drawing has been almost entirely ruined by rubbing, damage during transfer to panel, and reworking by other hands. The foundation drawing is virtually erased, but traces of left-handed shading in the headdress identify it as originally a Holbein (Parker, p. 43). The sitter was once misidentified as Frances Grey, Marchioness of Dorset, the mother of Lady Jane Grey. In fact she is Frances Grey's mother-in-law, Margaret Grey, née Wotton, the second wife of Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset,whom she married in 1509. She died in 1535 (Parker, p. 43). 1532–35. Hans Holbein (1497/1498–1543) Alternative names Hans Holbein der Jüngere, Hans Holbein Description German painter and draughtsman Date of birth/death 1497 or 1498 between 7 October 1543 and 29 November 1543 Location of birth/death Augsburg London Work location Basel (1515-1526), Lucerne (1515-1526), Venice (1515), Bologna (1515), Florence (1515), Rome (1515), Venice (1517-1518), Bologna (1517-1518), Florence (1517-1518), Rome (1517-1518), London (1526-1528), Basel (1528-1532), London (1532-1543) Authority control : Q48319 VIAF: 4945401 ISNI: 0000 0001 2098 7816 ULAN: 500005259 LCCN: n81117179 NLA: 36275979 WorldCat 855 Margaret, Marchioness of Dorset, by Hans Holbein the Younger
Size: 1922px × 2600px
Photo credit: © The Picture Art Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., /., 1532–35., hans, holbein,
