Portrait of an Elizabethan Lady

Art

Planting Fields

photographed January 2025

Name/Title

Portrait of an Elizabethan Lady

Entry/Object ID

1980.009.001

Description

A half-length portrait of an Elizabethan lady in 3/4 profile, with one hand resting on waist, the other resting on the arm of a chair. Ochre color draped background. The woman's dress has elaborate lace cuffs and an elaborate pearl necklace.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas, Painting : Oil on Canvas

Collection

Planting Fields Foundation

Cataloged By

Cannarsa

Acquisition

Accession

1980.009.001

Source or Donor

Rudolph Wunderlich - Kennedy Galleries

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Artist

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger

Place

Location

England

Notes

Date: Late 16th Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

32 in

Width

27 in

Location

Wall

West Wall

Room

Entrance Hall

Building

Coe Hall

Date

August 16, 2023

Location

Room

Entrance Hall

Building

Coe Hall

Inventory

Inventory Project

INV2024.1

Inventoried By

Amanda Massimillio

Inventoried Date

Jun 26, 2024

Inventoried By

Leger

Inventoried Date

Jul 11, 2023

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

Joyce Zucker examined painting and noticed the hands, collar and face have a higher gloss than surrounding areas. Cosmetic work can be done in the future to improve the retouchings.

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Oct 13, 2006

Valuations

Valuation Type

Appraisal

Date

Jul 8, 1981

Notes

Min. Value: 18000

Valuation Type

Appraisal

Date

Jul 8, 1981

Notes

Min. Value: 18000

Valuation Type

Aquisition Value

Value

$13,750.00

Provenance

Notes

Collected By: Rudolph Wunderlich - Kennedy Galleries, Planting Fields Foundation Once hung in Coe Hall. Came into possession of Mr. and Mrs. William Kelly Simpson. Michael Coe approached them about selling it directly to the Foundation. As they did not express interest in the proposition, the painting was purchased at auction by the Foundation on 1/9/1980. William Robertson Coe Mr. and Mrs. William Kelly Simpson. Rudolph Wunderlich - Kennedy Galleries Planting Fields Foundation

General Notes

Note

Status: OK

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

October 13, 2006

Updated By

mpenny@plantingfields.org

Update Date

March 4, 2025