Van der Doort c.1639
WS 197, № 22
Tom Derry, Queen Anne's fool, with a silver bowl in his hand with red wine in it
Walpole Society reference (1960):
Measurements (Van der Doort):
2ft 4in x 1ft 10in (71.1 x 55.9cm)
Light:
light from the left
Provenance:
Anne of Denmark
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited:
inherited
Location:
Room description extended:
The Queen's Gallery: Anne of Denmark's Gallery with 37 pictures left by her, inventory dated 1639 [last digit seems to be written over a 4]
Original Manuscript page number:
MS. Ash. 1514, f. 186v
Other inventories:
possibly Anne of Denmark 1616-19, Oatlands Palace (in the North Gallery) [though could be confused with Tom Derry portrait in Somerset House]
Identification certainty:
Identified
Sale Inventory c.1649-51