Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587)
This painting is duplicated in van der Doort's list of items in store (WS 158, no. 7). Due to the instance of two identical works of identical size listed in the Charles II c.1666 inventory, the work cited here forms only a possible match with the seventeenth-century records
Van der Doort c.1639
WS 66, № 21
Said to be (young) Jeannet [Clouet]
Mary Queen of Scots, in her white mourning habit (almost half-length), curiously done
Walpole Society reference (1960):
Measurements (Van der Doort):
1ft 0in x 0ft 9in (30.5 x 22.9cm)
Frame:
black ebony frame
Provenance:
Lord Denbigh
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited:
gift
Location:
Room description extended:
King's Chair Room in the Privy Gallery
Original Manuscript page number:
B.L. Add. MS. 10112, f. 9 and V&A MS, f. 86, no 20 (WS 224)
Charles II inventory c1666:
Whitehall, no 572, 30.5 x 23 or no 616, 30.5 x 23
Interpreting the text:
The text in brackets comes from the V&A Manuscript
Identification certainty:
Possible
Sale Inventory c.1649-51