Manner of Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (Flemish, 1561/1562-1636)

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• Lot Description
  Manner of Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (Flemish, 1561/1562-1636)
  Margaret Fiennes, Baroness Dacre, Wife of Sampson Lennard of Chevening, Esq.
  oil on cradled panel
  38 1/8 x 29 1/8 inches.
  Provenance:
  Christie's, South Kensington, 2 December 1981, Lot 335
  
  Literature:
  Barrett-Lennard, Thomas. An Account of the Families of Lennard and Barrett, 1908
  Stephan Edwards, J. "A Life Framed in Portraits: An Early Portrait of Mary Neville Fiennes, Lady Dacre," vol. 14 (The British Art Journal, 2013), no. 2, pp. 14-20
  
  Note:
  Margaret Fiennes (1541-1612) (alternatively spelled Fienes and Fynes, among other iterations) was the daughter of Thomas Fiennes, 9th Baron Dacre, and Mary Neville.[1] Her mother was descended from King Edward III through both of her parents, and the Fiennes were an ancient family of French extraction who were established members of the Tudor royal court.[2] Margaret's father Thomas, for example, was summoned to be a member of the jury during the trial of Anne Boleyn and Lord Rocheford.[3] Upon the death of her brother Gregory, Margaret and her husband Sampson Lennard inherited Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex, the ancient seat of the Dacre family.[4] They had at least eight children, according to baptism records, and were ultimately interred in a grand alabaster tomb with carved life-size effigies at St. Botolph's Church in Chevening.[5]
  
  [1] Thomas Barrett-Lennard, An Account of the Families of Lennard and Barrett, 1908, p. 152
  [2] J. Stephan Edwards, “A Life Framed in Portraits: An Early Portrait of Mary Neville Fiennes, Lady Dacre,” vol. 14 (The British Art Journal, 2013), no. 2, p. 14
  [3] Thomas Barrett-Lennard, An Account of the Families of Lennard and Barrett, 1908, p. 194
  [4] J. Stephan Edwards, “A Life Framed in Portraits: An Early Portrait of Mary Neville Fiennes, Lady Dacre,” vol. 14 (The British Art Journal, 2013), no. 2, p. 15
  [5] Thomas Barrett-Lennard, An Account of the Families of Lennard and Barrett, 1908, p. 239

  Condition

  Frame: 45 3/8 x 36 5/8 inches. Cradled panel formed of five joined segments. Convex warping to panel. Three vertical splits to the panel (each approximately 36 inches in length), the most significant of which spans the panel vertically through the sitter's face; some associated flaking and minor losses to the paint surface along this central split. Areas of bubbling and associated flaking and loss to the paint surface, particularly visible on the left and right sides. Horizontal split spanning the width of the panel approximately 1 7/8 inches below the lower edge of the frame (above the sitter's face). Some craquelure throughout. Examination under UV light reveals a relatively heavy varnish and instances of inpainting largely along the lines of the aforementioned splits (please see additional provided images for reference).
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