Medium: oil paint / On-site Access: Not on view / Period: 16th century

1. Portrait of Mary Fitzalan, Duchess of Norfolk

Creator:: Hans Eworth, active 1540–1574, British, born in Antwerp, Netherlands
Date:: 1565
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 35 x 28 inches (88.9 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. Sir John Smythe of Westenhanger, Kent (1557–1608)

Creator:: Cornelis Ketel, 1548–1616, Dutch, active in Britain (1573–81)
Date:: 1579
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 18 1/2 x 15 inches (47 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Frances Brydges (née Clinton), Lady Chandos

Creator:: George Gower, ca. 1538–1596, British
Date:: 1579
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 35 7/8 x 27 inches (91.1 x 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Sir William Drury, of Hawstead, Suffolk (1550–1590)

Creator:: Daniël van den Queborne, 1552/1557–1602/1605, Dutch
Date:: 1587
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 93 3/4 x 61 1/2 inches (238.1 x 156.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Katherine Knollys (née Carey), Lady Knollys

Creator:: Unknown artist, sixteenth century
Date:: 1562
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 42 3/4 x 31 1/4 inches (108.6 x 79.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Portrait of a Woman, Traditionally Identified as Mary Clopton (born Waldegrave), of Kentwell Hall, Suffolk

Creator:: Robert Peake the Elder, ca. 1551–1619, British
Date:: ca. 1600
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 44 3/4 x 34 3/4 inches (113.7 x 88.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. An Allegory of the Tudor Succession: The Family of Henry VIII

Creator:: Unknown artist, sixteenth century
Date:: ca. 1590
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 45 × 71 3/4 inches (114.3 × 182.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Portrait of a Woman

Creator:: Unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1565
Medium:: Oil on oak panel
Dimensions:: Frame: 45 5/8 × 32 inches (115.9 × 81.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Given in memory of Blanche Miller Griscom

9. Portrait of Thomas Whythorne, Musician

Creator:: George Gower, ca. 1538–1596, British
Date:: 1569
Medium:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: Overall: 16 5/8 × 14 5/16 inches (42.3 × 36.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Transfer from the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

10. Sir Francis Walsingham (ca. 1532–1590)

Creator:: John de Critz, ca. 1550–1642, British
Date:: ca. 1589
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 36 x 29 inches (91.4 x 73.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Robert Dudley, first Earl of Leicester (1532/3–1588)

Creator:: Steven van der Meulen, active 1543–died 1563, Netherlandish, active in Britain (from 1560), naturalized 1562
Date:: ca. 1565
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches (90.2 x 72.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Portrait of a Young Woman

Creator:: Unknown artist, sixteenth century
Date:: 1567
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 36 1/2 x 28 inches (92.7 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Portrait of a Man, possibly Thomas Howard, third Viscount Bindon (ca. 1539–1611)

Creator:: Robert Peake the Elder, ca. 1551–1619, British
Date:: 1599
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 44 1/2 × 35 1/4 inches (113 × 89.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. Armed Merchantmen off the Dutch Coast Preparing to Set Sail

Creator:: Attributed to Abraham de Verwer, ca. 1600–ca. 1650, Dutch
Date:: undated, between 1610 and 1650
Medium:: Oil on oval panel
Dimensions:: 11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends

15. Portrait of Anthony Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu

Creator:: Robert Peake the Elder, ca. 1551–1619, British
Date:: ca. 1590
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 74 × 42 inches (188 × 106.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. William Paulet, first Marquess of Winchester (1474/5?–1572)

Creator:: Unknown artist, sixteenth century
Date:: ca. 1575
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 14 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (35.9 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. An Unknown Man, Aged 29, Possibly of the Kempe Family

Creator:: Unknown artist, sixteenth century
Date:: 1589
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 22 x 17 inches (55.9 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Elizabeth Knightley (née Seymour), Lady Knightley

Creator:: Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1561–1635, Flemish, active in Britain (from 1568)
Date:: 1591
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 36 3/4 x 28 1/4 inches (93.3 x 71.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Sir Percival Hart (1496–1580)

Creator:: Unknown artist, sixteenth century
Date:: ca. 1565
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 34 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches (87.6 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Robert Dudley, first Earl of Leicester (1532/3–1588)

Creator:: Unknown artist, sixteenth century
Date:: ca. 1595
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: Sheet: 32 x 25 1/2 inches (81.3 x 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Portrait of Mary Fitzalan, Duchess of Norfolk

2. Sir John Smythe of Westenhanger, Kent (1557–1608)

3. Frances Brydges (née Clinton), Lady Chandos

4. Sir William Drury, of Hawstead, Suffolk (1550–1590)

5. Katherine Knollys (née Carey), Lady Knollys

6. Portrait of a Woman, Traditionally Identified as Mary Clopton (born Waldegrave), of Kentwell Hall, Suffolk

7. An Allegory of the Tudor Succession: The Family of Henry VIII

8. Portrait of a Woman

9. Portrait of Thomas Whythorne, Musician

10. Sir Francis Walsingham (ca. 1532–1590)

11. Robert Dudley, first Earl of Leicester (1532/3–1588)

12. Portrait of a Young Woman

13. Portrait of a Man, possibly Thomas Howard, third Viscount Bindon (ca. 1539–1611)

14. Armed Merchantmen off the Dutch Coast Preparing to Set Sail

15. Portrait of Anthony Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu

16. William Paulet, first Marquess of Winchester (1474/5?–1572)

17. An Unknown Man, Aged 29, Possibly of the Kempe Family

18. Elizabeth Knightley (née Seymour), Lady Knightley

19. Sir Percival Hart (1496–1580)

20. Robert Dudley, first Earl of Leicester (1532/3–1588)