Current knowledge
Royal Collection 404749
Attributed to British School, sixteenth century
Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (1443-1509)
Current measurements:
58.2cm x 45.3cm
Date:
c.1550-1650
This composition occurs in many versions and we cannot be sure which one van der Doort refers to.
Van der Doort 1639
Henry VII's mother, in a white mourning dress habit, holding a black book
Sale Inventory c.1649-51
Walpole Society reference (1972):