Follower of Maynard Waynwyk, Portrait of lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (1443-1509). Photo Sotheby's

bears extensive inscription on an old section of panel, verso, with the identity of the sitter, and painted with the Royal arms; oil on panel; 43 by 35.5 cm.; 17 by 14 in. Estimation 8,000-12,000 GBP. Unsold 

PROVENANCE: Graham Baron Ash, Wingfield Castle, Diss, Norfolk, circa 1956;
Probably his sale, on the premises, Christie's, 30 May 1980;
Anonymous sale, Christie's South Kensington, 13 November 2003, lot 3

LITTERATURE: R. Strong, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits, vol. I, London 1969, p. 20 (listed at Wingfield Castle)

NOTE DE CATALOGUE: The daughter of John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset (1404-1444) and sole heiress to the House of Lancaster, Lady
Margaret Beaufort was the mother of Henry Tudor, who became King Henry VII of England in 1485. She was the richest and most powerful woman in medieval England, a great book collector and patron of the arts, and a scholar in her own right, as well as a dedicated philanthropist. She founded no fewer that two colleges at Cambridge, Christ's College and St. John's, and was an important patron of William Caxton, who made significant contributions to the religious and literary culture of her day.
This picture is a half length version, probably sixteenth century, of the full length portrait of Lady Margaret attributed to Maynard Waynwyck at Christ's College, Cambridge. A similar half length version is at Hatfield House (Marquess of Salisbury), and another is in the National Portrait Gallery, London.