Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a richly embroidered gold and silver thread dress, a black coat with slashed sleeves, a ruff, with a ruby and pearl gold necklace, her left hand resting on a chair, before a draped curtain

We are grateful to Diana Scarisbrick for her thoughts on the spectacular jewellery in this portrait, which reflects the sitter's wealth and status. The collar is a carcanet, composed of linked scrolled cartouches, each set with an alternate ruby and diamond in a box shaped collet, between narrower scrolled settings with twin pearls. Both rings are set in raised box collets, as in the cartouches of the collar.