HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER (1497/8-1543)
Anne Cresacre (c.1511-1577)
c.1527RCIN 912270
A portrait drawing of Anne Cresacre (c.1511-1577), wife of John More the Younger. A half-length portrait facing three-quarters to the right. She wears a double band headdress, a dress with a square décolletage, and is seated on a roughly sketched chair. This drawing is a preparatory study for the More family group (now destroyed).
watermark: Briquet 12863: crowned vase with flower [see also 12224,12225,12229,12217,12215,12263,12258,12190,12193,12206]