the sitter, Ellen Maurice Owen, later Eure, Clenennau, Gwynedd, Wales, and Brogyntyn (Porkington), Shropshire, England (until d. 1626);
by descent through the Owen and Ormsby Gore families to Jasset David Cody Ormsby Gore, 7th Baron Harlech, Glyn Cywarch, near Talsarnau, Gwynedd (until 2017;
his sale, Bonham's, London, March 29, 29 March 2017, The Contents of Glyn Cywarch - The Property of Lord Harlech, lot 36, to The Met) [1]
Purchase, Theodocia and Joseph Arkus and University Place Foundation Gifts; Gift of Victor G. Fischer, by exchange; Marquand Fund; Elizabeth and Thomas Easton Gift, in memory of their mother, Joan K. Easton; Gift of Mary Phelps Smith, in memory of her husband, Howard Caswell Smith, by exchange; and The Alfred N. Punnett Endowment Fund, 2017
Inscriptions
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1597
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Ellen Gd Daur & heir of / Sir W. Maurice of Clennenny. / Wife of John Owen. & 2ly of / Sir Francis Eure. She died 1626
<nowiki>Ellen Maurice (1578–1626); Ellen Maurice (1578-1626); pittura di Marcus Gheeraerts il Giovane; Marcus Gheeraerts (ifjabb) festménye; pintura de Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger; quadre de Marcus Gheeraerts el Jove; Gemälde von Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger; pintura de Marcus Gheeraerts, o Jovem; painting by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger; maleri af Marcus Geeraerts; pictură de Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger; slika avtorja Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger; pintura de Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger; لوحة فنية; målning av Marcus Geeraerts; obraz Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger; pintura de Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger; schilderij van Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger; maleri av Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger; pikturo da Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger; tableau de Marcus Gheeraerts le Jeune; cuadro de Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger; painting by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger; pentraĵo de Marcus Gheeraerts la malpliaĝa; måleri av Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger; pintura di Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger; Portrait of Ellen or Ellin Maurice (1578-1626).</nowiki>