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Anne Cresacre (c.1511-77)
Hans Holbein the Youngerc.1526 - c.1527
Royal Collection Trust, UK
London, United Kingdom
A portrait drawing of Anne Cresacre (c.1511-77), wife of John More the Younger. A half-length portrait facing three-quarters to the right. She wears a double band headdress, a dress with a square décolletage, and is seated on a roughly sketched chair. This drawing is a preparatory study for the More family group (now destroyed).
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- Title: Anne Cresacre (c.1511-77)
- Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger
- Creator Lifespan: c.1497 - 1543
- Creator Gender: None
- Creator Death Place: London
- Creator Birth Place: Augsburg
- Date Created: c.1526 - c.1527
- Physical Dimensions: w266 x h372 mm
- Type: Prints & drawings
- Rights: Supplied by Royal Collection Trust / (c) HM Queen Elizabeth II 2012
- External Link: http://www.rct.uk/collection/912270
- Medium: Black and coloured chalks
- Support: paper
- Provenance: Edward VI, 1547; Henry FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel; by whom bequeathed to John, Lord Lumley, 1580; by whom probably bequeathed to Henry, Prince of Wales, 1609, and thus inherited by Prince Charles (later Charles I), 1612; by whom exchanged with Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, 1627/8; by whom given to Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel; acquired by Charles II by 1675
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