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- Title:
Robert Dudley, first Earl of Leicester (1532/3–1588)
- Former Title(s):
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1532/3–1588)
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester [1985, Cormack, YCBA Concise Catalogue]
- Date:
- ca. 1595
- Medium:
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 32 x 25 1/2 inches (81.3 x 64.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on recto in yellow paint, upper right: Upper right in yellow paint: "Erle of Lecester, Lorde steward of hir | maiesties househould, Justies in aire, from | Trent southward, Cunstable of the honor | and Castell of windesor, and one of hir | maiestis most honorable priuie Counsell,"; inscribed on verso in red paint on upper right, verso: “B1975.1.7”; printed paper label on verso, left, “8544”; printed paper label on verso, center: “W & P Evans |Established 1798 | Picture Restorers, Carvers, Gilders | and | PICTURE FRAME MAKERS | 37 Beak Street, Regent St. | Late 18, Silver St. Golden Sq. | LONDON"; printed label on verso, lower right, “45”
3 red wax seals depicting the coat of arms of the Cure family (Capel Cure of Blake Hall, Bobbingworth, Essex).
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.1.7
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1975.1.7FR
- Subject Terms:
- coat of arms | costume | crest | dragon | earl | man | pendant (jewelry) | portrait | staff (walking stick) | sword | Tudor | wealth
- Associated People:
- Dudley, Robert, earl of Leicester (1532/3–1588), courtier and magnate
- Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:198
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Ian Tyers, The tree-ring analysis of 23 panel paintings from the Yale Center for British Art , New Haven : dendrochronological consultancy report 470, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2011, pp. 15, 16, 49-51, 85, fig. 25, CC78.3 .T94 2011 (YCBA) [YCBA]