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A young lady in low-cut gold silk dress, pearl necklace and earrings On vellum Oval, 64 mm. high, later gilt-metal spiral crested frame
The sitter's style of dress and hairstyle suggest the present miniature was painted circa 1650/1660. The gold dress worn by the sitter appears to have been made from silk and may have been dyed with saffron to achieve the gold colouring.
John Hoskins held the position of principal court miniature painter and he made miniatures, or 'limings' as they were then known, of King Charles I, Henrietta Maria and high-ranking courtiers such as the Duke of Buckingham. He trained his nephew, Samuel Cooper, in the art of limining.