George Jamesone
Anne Erskine, Countess of Rothes, d. 1640. Wife of the 6th Earl of Rothes. (With her daughters, Lady Margaret Leslie, 1621 - 1688 and Lady Mary...
About this artwork
This portrait of Anne,Countess of Rothes with Margaret and Mary, her two daughters, gives us a tantalising glimpse into a fine Scottish interior of the early seventeenth century. The painting is also interesting as a record of the elaborate costume and jewellery of a noble Scottish woman and her children. The girls are dressed as miniature adults, but the coral necklaces, which they both wear, were specifically for children.
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artist:George JamesoneScottish (1589/90 - 1644)
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title:Anne Erskine, Countess of Rothes, d. 1640. Wife of the 6th Earl of Rothes. (With her daughters, Lady Margaret Leslie, 1621 - 1688 and Lady Mary Leslie, b. 1620)
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date created:1626
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:219.40 x 135.30 cm; Framed: 236.00 x 150.00 x 6.00 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1980
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accession number:PG 2456
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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George Jamesone
George Jamesone
Born in Aberdeen, the portrait painter George Jamesone was the son of a master-mason. He was apprenticed to the decorative painter, John Anderson of Edinburgh, in 1612. His earliest patrons were the merchants and academics of Aberdeen, but he soon became the painter to the nobility of the north...