Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
1 portrait
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
by Unknown English workshop
oil on panel, circa 1575
38 in. x 27 in. (965 mm x 686 mm)
Purchased, 1867
Primary Collection
NPG 247
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- Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532 or 1533-1588), Courtier and magnate; favourite of Elizabeth I. Sitter associated with 62 portraits.
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This is a version of a portrait that was widely disseminated; another survives in the collection at Hatfield House.
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- MacLeod, Catherine, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery Collection at Montacute House, 1999, p. 16
- Ribeiro, Aileen, The Gallery of Fashion, 2000, p. 45
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 374
- Strong, Roy, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits, 1969, p. 306
- Strong, Roy, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits, 1969, p. 194
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