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Portrait miniature of Anne of Denmark (© National Portrait Gallery)
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© National Portrait Gallery

Portrait miniature of Anne of Denmark

Artist: Isaac Oliver (1558/68 - 1617)

Location: National Portrait Gallery

Materials: watercolour on vellum (?)

Dimensions: 5 x 5 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £500 (Total: £2,400)

Vendor: Sotheby's

Review number: 1870 (1957)

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Provenance:
Parry Walton, James Sotheby, by descent in the Sotheby family; Sotheby's 1955.

Description:
Portrait of Queen Anne of Denmark (1574-1619), consort of James VI and I. Depicts the sitter's head and shoulders, a jewelled pendant between the thumb and index finger of sitter, in a low-cut dress with a wide lace wired collar parted in the front. In a gilt-metal frame of circa 1700 engraved on the back with the monogram of James Sotheby.

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