Portrait of a lady, said to be Lady Style, full-length, in a red dress with elaborately embroidered under-skirt and lace collar and cuffs, holding a prayer book in her left hand, in an interior

細節

Circle of Robert Peake (c.1551-1619)
Portrait of a lady, said to be Lady Style, full-length, in a red dress with elaborately embroidered under-skirt and lace collar and cuffs, holding a prayer book in her left hand, in an interior
with coat-of-arms (upper left)
oil on canvas
71 x 39½ in. (180.3 x 100.3 cm.)

來源

By descent in the sitter's family.

注意事項

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拍品專文

Elizabeth, only daughter and heiress of Robert Foulkes, of Mountnessing, Essex, married, in 1615, Thomas Style (d.1637), of Wateringbury, Kent, grandson of Sir Humphrey Style (d.1557), of Langley, Kent. Her husband was created a Baronet in 1627. She died in 1650. Stylistically, and on the basis of the sitter's costume, this portrait would appear to date from circa 1620. The sitter's elevated social status is reflected in her very elaborate dress and pearls. The 'S' motif on her skirt seems to refer to her married name.