MOR VAN DASHORST, Anthonis
(b. 1516/19, Utrecht, d. 1576/77, Antwerpen)

Anne Fernely, the Wife of Sir Thomas Gresham

c. 1560
Oil on panel, transferred to canvas, 90 x 76 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

This portrait is the pendant of the portrait of Sir Thomas Gresham. Anne Fernely (d. 1596) was the wife of Sir Thomas Gresham since 1544. On the paintings, both Gresham and his wife are expensively, yet soberly dressed.