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Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
(c. 1565-1570)
Medium
oil on wood panel
Measurements
45.3 × 33.4 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1953
Gallery location
17th Century & Flemish Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Robert Dudley (c. 1532/33–1588) was the favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England, and many historians have speculated that he was her lover. Through Elizabeth’s favour, Dudley became a prominent figure at court, and she made him Earl of Leicester in 1564. Numerous portraits of Dudley attest to his prominence in the Elizabethan period and his role as a patron of the arts. This portrait, once attributed to the Italian artist Federico Zuccaro, is one of many extant images apparently based on the fine half-length portrait of Dudley in the Rothschild Collection in England.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
England
Accession Number
3017-4
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Another Work Portraits
Subjects (specific)
busts (general, figures) doublets earls men (male humans) moustaches nobles (aristocrats) ruffs three-quarter views
Movements
Elizabethan