Artist: Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (1561 - 1636)
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: portrait (c. 1620), jacket (1610)
Materials: oil on oak panel (portrait); linen & thread, sequins, lace (jacket)
Dimensions: 82 x 62 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £40,000 (Total: £229,088)
Vendor: Estate of Mary, Viscountess Rothemere
Review number: 4075 (1994)
Provenance:
By descent to Major-General Sir John Headlam; his sale Christie's, 1929; bought Harmsworth, later 2nd Viscount Rothermere, Warwick House; by descent to Mary, Vicountess Rothermere, 1993.
Description:
Portrait of Margaret Laton by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (1561-1636). Linen jacket is the same one worn in the portrait and is embroidered in highly coloured silks and silver and gold thread with sequins, bobbin lace & spangles.
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