© Montacute House
Queen Katherine Parr
Artist: Guillaume Scrots (1537 - 1553)
Location: Montacute House
Date: 1545
Materials: oil on panel
Dimensions: 76 x 64 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £1,500 (Total: £7,350)
Vendor: Gooden & Fox Ltd
Review number: 2310 (1968)
Provenance:
1st Duke of Hamilton; Bingham Mildmay; by descent ot Majoor H.C.Parr.
Description:
Half length portrait of Queen Katherine Parr (1512-48). This is the only known contemporary portrait of her. Scrots was Holbein's successor as court-painter. She is depicted with her hands clasped before her, grey eyes turned to the left; auburn hair confined within pearl-edged coif; wears bejewelled bonnet with white plume, dress of crimson damask with bands of gold embroidery, and jewellery.
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