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Summary

Catherine Carey, Countess of Nottingham (1547-1603) wikidata:Q118956941 reasonator:Q118956941
Artist
Attributed to Robert Peake the elder (1551–1619) wikidata:Q737726
Alternative names
Robert I Peake; Robert, I Peak; Robert Peake I; Robert, I Peake; Robert, the elder Peake; Robert Peake
Description British painter
Date of birth/death circa 1551
date QS:P,+1551-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
1619 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Lincolnshire (England) London
Work period 1580s-1616
Work location
London Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q737726,P5102,Q230768
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Title
Catherine Carey, Countess of Nottingham (1547-1603)
label QS:Len,"Catherine Carey, Countess of Nottingham (1547-1603)"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Portrait of a Lady 1595-1606, formerly called Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603), but now thought to be Catherine Howard, Countess of Nottingham (c.1547-1603), wife of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, wearing a richly embroidered bodice and petticoat. Attributed to Robert Peake the Elder and studio.
Date circa / between 1595 and 1605
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1595-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1605-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 78 in (198.1 cm) Edit this at Wikidata ; width: 54 in (137.1 cm) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+78U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,+54U218593
Private collection
institution QS:P195,Q768717

Current location
Object history

Provenance:

  • Cowdray House Sale
  • Auction: Christie's, London, 13-15 September 2011, Live Auction 8014 - The Cowdray Sale: Works of Art from Cowdray Park and Dunecht House, At Cowdray Park, West Sussex , lot 309 (auctioned as "Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Queen Elizabeth I, but more probably Catherine Carey, Countess of Nottingham, full-length, in a white silk farthingale petticoat and bodice embroidered with floral and pyramidal motifs") [1] [2] [3]
  • Weiss Gallery
Notes Identification of the sitter, first suggested by Sir Roy Strong in 1966, is supported by the monogram "CC" in the crossbow jewel.Weiss Gallery (2012). Tudor and Stuart Portraits From The Collections of the English Nobility and their Great Country Houses . Retrieved on 25 March 2012 . [ dead link ]
References

Weiss Gallery (2012). Tudor and Stuart Portraits From The Collections of the English Nobility and their Great Country Houses . Retrieved on 24 March 2012 . [ dead link ]

Arnold, Janet (1988) Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd: The inventories of the Wardrobe of Robes prepared in July 1600, edited from Stowe MS 557 in the British Library, MS LR 2/121 in the Public Record Office, London, and MS V.b.72 in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC , Leeds England: Maney, p. 36 ISBN : 0901286206 .
Source/Photographer The Weiss Gallery, London

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