Margaret More Roper

Margaret More Roper, 1535-6, miniature painted by Hans Holbein the Younger. Inscribed (horizontally, in gold): Ao ÆTATIS XXXo. Vellum laid on playing card; Diameter 1 3/4 in. (45 mm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Margaret was the favorite daughter of Sir Thomas More, and wife of William Roper.

This color image from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Margaret More [Art] Retrieved November 17, 2006 from the World Wide Web: http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/viewOne.asp?dep=11&viewmode=1&item=50.69.2