Unidentified

'The late Duke of Savoy's Mother' refers to Catherine Michelle of Spain (1567-97)

Van der Doort c.1639

The late Duke of Savoy's Mother, Philip II's daughter, in a Spanish ruff, richly adorned with jewels, head and shoulders

Walpole Society reference (1960): 
WS 23, № 1
Frame: 
wooden frame
Provenance: 
Whitehall piece
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited: 
inherited
Location: 
Original Manuscript page number: 
MS. Ash. 1514, f. 31
Identification certainty: 
Unknown
Sale Inventory c.1649-51