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This portrait was previously thought to depict the poet Sir Thomas Overbury who appears to have been murdered in 1613. However, both the facial likeness and the past history of the painting reveal that it is more likely to represent Sir Robert Dudley, the illegitimate son of the Earl of Leicester, Queen Elizabeth I's favourite. In the nineteenth century the portrait was part of a large collection of paintings at Ditchley in Oxfordshire. The house had been part of the estate of Sir Henry Lee (1533–1611), Elizabeth I's champion and godfather to Robert Dudley. It is possible that either Lee commissioned the portrait or that Dudley presented it to Lee and that it remained at Ditchley thereafter. In 1591 Dudley took part in his first ceremonial tilting tournament and also married Margaret Cavendish (d.
Title
Probably Sir Robert Dudley
Date
1590s
Medium
oil on panel
Measurements
H 46 x W 37.2 cm
Accession number
2613
Acquisition method
Purchased, 1933. On long-term loan to Montacute House, Somerset
Work type
Painting
National Portrait Gallery, London
St Martin’s Place, London, Greater London WC2H 0HE England
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