# Mary Ann Waltham

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## Artwork

- Artist: [QUESNEL, François](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/quesnel-franois-r76b18fbfdc0846>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on panel

## Commentary

Mary Ann Waltham was Lady in waiting to Mary Queen of Scots. Her portrait, signed with the initials of François Quesnel, is typical of the last phase of French sixteenth-century portraiture, when the naturalism of François Clouet has been stylised so that the modelling almost disappears and the portrait is dominated by the flat linear pattern.

## Related artworks

- [Henri III, King of France](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/quesnel-franois-r76b18fbfdc0846/henri-iii-king-of-france-r2451ae153697d6>)
- [Henri III, King of France](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/quesnel-franois-r76b18fbfdc0846/henri-iii-king-of-france-rf3050c26b86de7>)
- [Portrait of a Bearded Man](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/quesnel-franois-r76b18fbfdc0846/portrait-of-a-bearded-man-rb16c45b9365a78>)
- [Portrait of a Lady in a Black Robe.](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/quesnel-franois-r76b18fbfdc0846/portrait-of-a-lady-in-a-black-robe-r2f33ab93d356c8>)
- [Portrait of Jeanne de Bourdeille](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/quesnel-franois-r76b18fbfdc0846/portrait-of-jeanne-de-bourdeille-re55a7e999c38c8>)
- [Young Man with a Beard](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/quesnel-franois-r76b18fbfdc0846/young-man-with-a-beard-r6e8c1e8b925966>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)