English School
Portrait of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, c1570
Oil on canvas
34.3 x 25.4 cm
13 1/2 x 10 in
13 1/2 x 10 in
Wearing a cap and ermine-trimmed surcoat on top of a gold-trimmed doublet and open lawn collar. He wears the chain of the Order of the Garter, and holds a staff...
Wearing a cap and ermine-trimmed surcoat on top of a gold-trimmed doublet and open lawn collar. He wears the chain of the Order of the Garter, and holds a staff of office. To the upper left is a large coat of arms surrounded with the Garter
Provenance
Thomas Watson-Wentworth Earl of Malton, (1693-1750) and later (1746) Marquess of Rockingham, Wentworth Woodhouse, by 1738 and by descent; acquired by the present owner privately in 1975
Literature
Walpole Society Volume XX, 1931-32, Vertue notebooks II page 79