Materials & Techniques: oil paint / Collection: Paintings and Sculpture / Period: 16th century

1. Sir John Smythe of Westenhanger, Kent (1557–1608)

Creator:: Cornelis Ketel, 1548–1616
Date:: 1579
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 18 1/2 x 15 inches (47 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Sir William Drury, of Hawstead, Suffolk (1550–1590)

Creator:: Daniël van den Queborne, 1552/1557–1602/1605
Date:: 1587
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 93 3/4 x 61 1/2 inches (238.1 x 156.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Portrait of Mary Fitzalan, Duchess of Norfolk

Creator:: Hans Eworth, active 1540–1574
Date:: 1565
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 35 x 28 inches (88.9 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

4. Sir Percival Hart (1496–1580)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1565
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 34 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches (87.6 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Robert Dudley, first Earl of Leicester (1532/3–1588)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1595
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: Sheet: 32 x 25 1/2 inches (81.3 x 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Frances Brydges (née Clinton), Lady Chandos

Creator:: George Gower, ca. 1538–1596
Date:: 1579
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 35 7/8 x 27 inches (91.1 x 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Katherine Knollys (née Carey), Lady Knollys

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1562
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 42 3/4 x 31 1/4 inches (108.6 x 79.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Portrait of a Woman, Traditionally Identified as Mary Clopton (born Waldegrave), of Kentwell Hall, Suffolk

Creator:: Robert Peake the Elder, ca. 1551–1619
Date:: ca. 1600
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 44 3/4 x 34 3/4 inches (113.7 x 88.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. An Allegory of the Tudor Succession: The Family of Henry VIII

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1590
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 45 × 71 3/4 inches (114.3 × 182.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Elizabeth Knightley (née Seymour), Lady Knightley

Creator:: Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1561–1635
Date:: 1591
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 36 3/4 x 28 1/4 inches (93.3 x 71.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. An Unknown Man, Aged 29, Possibly of the Kempe Family

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1589
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 22 x 17 inches (55.9 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. William Paulet, first Marquess of Winchester (1474/5?–1572)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1575
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 14 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (35.9 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Portrait of a Man, possibly Thomas Howard, third Viscount Bindon (ca. 1539–1611)

Creator:: Robert Peake the Elder, ca. 1551–1619
Date:: 1599
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 44 1/2 × 35 1/4 inches (113 × 89.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

14. Robert Dudley, first Earl of Leicester (1532/3–1588)

Creator:: Steven van der Meulen, active 1543–died 1563
Date:: ca. 1565
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches (90.2 x 72.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Portrait of a Woman

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1565
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on oak panel
Dimensions:: Frame: 45 5/8 × 32 inches (115.9 × 81.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Given in memory of Blanche Miller Griscom
On View:: Not on view

16. Armed Merchantmen off the Dutch Coast Preparing to Set Sail

Creator:: Attributed to Abraham de Verwer, ca. 1600–ca. 1650
Date:: undated, between 1610 and 1650
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on oval panel
Dimensions:: 11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends
On View:: Not on view

17. Sir Francis Walsingham (ca. 1532–1590)

Creator:: John de Critz, ca. 1550–1642
Date:: ca. 1589
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 36 x 29 inches (91.4 x 73.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. Portrait of Thomas Whythorne, Musician

Creator:: George Gower, ca. 1538–1596
Date:: 1569
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: Overall: 16 5/8 × 14 5/16 inches (42.3 × 36.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
On View:: Not on view

19. Portrait of Anthony Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu

Creator:: Robert Peake the Elder, ca. 1551–1619
Date:: ca. 1590
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 74 × 42 inches (188 × 106.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

20. Portrait of a Young Woman

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1567
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 36 1/2 x 28 inches (92.7 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

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1. Sir John Smythe of Westenhanger, Kent (1557–1608)

2. Sir William Drury, of Hawstead, Suffolk (1550–1590)

3. Portrait of Mary Fitzalan, Duchess of Norfolk

4. Sir Percival Hart (1496–1580)

5. Robert Dudley, first Earl of Leicester (1532/3–1588)

6. Frances Brydges (née Clinton), Lady Chandos

7. Katherine Knollys (née Carey), Lady Knollys

8. Portrait of a Woman, Traditionally Identified as Mary Clopton (born Waldegrave), of Kentwell Hall, Suffolk

9. An Allegory of the Tudor Succession: The Family of Henry VIII

10. Elizabeth Knightley (née Seymour), Lady Knightley

11. An Unknown Man, Aged 29, Possibly of the Kempe Family

12. William Paulet, first Marquess of Winchester (1474/5?–1572)

13. Portrait of a Man, possibly Thomas Howard, third Viscount Bindon (ca. 1539–1611)

14. Robert Dudley, first Earl of Leicester (1532/3–1588)

15. Portrait of a Woman

16. Armed Merchantmen off the Dutch Coast Preparing to Set Sail

17. Sir Francis Walsingham (ca. 1532–1590)

18. Portrait of Thomas Whythorne, Musician

19. Portrait of Anthony Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu

20. Portrait of a Young Woman