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Mary Nevill, Lady Dacre; Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre
1 of 3 portraits of Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre
Mary Nevill, Lady Dacre; Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre
by Hans Eworth
oil on panel, 1559
19 3/4 in. x 28 1/8 in. (500 mm x 714 mm)
Purchased with help from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, The Art Fund, the Portrait Fund, L.L. Brownrigg, John Morton Morris, Paul Dacre, and many other donations, 2008
Primary Collection
NPG 6855
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Sittersback to top
- Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre (1539-1594), Peer. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Mary Neville, Lady Dacre (1524-circa 1576), Wife of 9th Baron Dacre. Sitter in 4 portraits.
This portraitback to top
This unusual and highly accomplished double portrait of mother and son was probably painted to commemorate the restoration of honours to her son, forfeited after her husband, Thomas, 9th Baron Dacre, had been executed for his part in a poaching incident in which a keeper had been killed. The artist's 'HE' monogram can be seen in the upper right corner.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D25588: Mary Nevill, Lady Dacre; Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre (source portrait)
- NPG D34488: Mary Nevill, Lady Dacre; Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre ()
Linked publicationsback to top
- Tudor Portraits Resource Pack, p. 25
- Cooper, Tarnya; Fraser, Antonia (foreword), A Guide to Tudor and Jacobean Portraits, 2012, p. 37
- MacLeod, Catharine, Tudor Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery Collection, 1996, p. 25
- Piper, David, The English Face, 1992, p. 43
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 161
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On display in Room 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
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