# Portrait of Frances Bell, Lady Dering

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GHEERAERTS, Marcus the Younger](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gheeraerts-marcus-the-younger-rc630866906ff85>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on panel, 59 x 44 cm

## Commentary

Frances Bell, Lady Dering \(1577-1657\) was the daughter of Sir Robert Bell \(1539-1577\), Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer to Queen Elizabeth I. She married Sir Anthony Dering of Surrenden Manor, Puckly, Kent in 1596. The sitter wears a dress or waistcoat embroidered with strawberries, honeysuckle, oak leaves, acorns, borgage, grapes, pansies, and gillyflowers, under a white gown, with a ruff, cap, and stiffened veil.

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## Attribution

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