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  • Portrait of a Lady of the Court
Datec.1600
MediumWatercolor on vellum with gold and enamel frame
Dimensions2 1/4 × 1 3/8 × 5/16 in. (5.7 × 3.5 × 0.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Cecily E. Horton
Object number2017.399
Not on view

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ProvenancePrivate collection since c.1920 and thence by descent; [Emma Rutherford, London, U.K.]; Cecily E. Horton, Houston, 2015; give to the MFAH, 2017.

Exhibition History"New Light on Old Masters: European Art from Houston Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 2, 2021–January 23, 2022.
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