Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Unknown artist, sixteenth century
Title:
Robert Dudley, first Earl of Leicester (1532/3–1588)
Date:
ca. 1595
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
Sheet: 32 x 25 1/2 inches (81.3 x 64.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on recto in yellow paint, upper right: Upper right in yellow paint: "Erle of Lecester, Lorde steward of hir | maiesties househould, Justies in aire, from | Trent southward, Cunstable of the honor | and Castell of windesor, and one of hir | maiestis most honorable priuie Counsell,"; inscribed on verso in red paint on upper right, verso: “B1975.1.7”; printed paper label on verso, left, “8544”; printed paper label on verso, center: “W & P Evans |Established 1798 | Picture Restorers, Carvers, Gilders | and | PICTURE FRAME MAKERS | 37 Beak Street, Regent St. | Late 18, Silver St. Golden Sq. | LONDON"; printed label on verso, lower right, “45”
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.1.7
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
coat of arms | earl | man | Tudor | pendant (jewelry) | portrait | costume | wealth | staff (walking stick) | crest | dragon | sword
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Art in Focus: Gazes Returned (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-04-13 - )

Juxtapositions (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-11-19 - 1998-01-04)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 28-29, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)

Gazes returned, the technical examination of early English panel painting , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2012, pp. 6,7,9,10-15, 18, 19-20, figs. 1,5, 7, V2415 (YCBA

Ian Tyers, The tree-ring analysis of 23 panel paintings from the Yale Center for British Art , New Haven : dendrochronological consultancy report 470, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2011, pp. 15, 16, 49-51, 85, fig. 25, CC78.3 .T94 2011 (YCBA)
Gallery Label:
The courtier and magnate Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1532/33-1588), was the favorite of Queen Elizabeth from 1559 to 1562. The robes are those of a Knight of the Order of the Garter, to which he was appointed in 1559. He died of malaria in England in 1588. Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2005
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:198