The Cholmondeley Ladies

The Cholmondeley Ladies is an early 17th-century English oil painting depicting two women seated upright and side by side in bed, each holding a baby. Measuring 886 by 1723mm, it was painted on a wooden panel, probably in the first decade of the 17th century. According to an inscription in gold lettering to the bottom left of the painting, it shows "Two Ladies of the Cholmondeley Family, Who were born the same day, Married the same day, And brought to Bed the same day." It was presented to the Tate Gallery by an anonymous donor in 1955.

The Cholmondeley Ladies

The Cholmondeley Ladies is an early 17th-century English oil painting depicting two women seated upright and side by side in bed, each holding a baby. Measuring 886 by 1723mm, it was painted on a wooden panel, probably in the first decade of the 17th century. According to an inscription in gold lettering to the bottom left of the painting, it shows "Two Ladies of the Cholmondeley Family, Who were born the same day, Married the same day, And brought to Bed the same day." It was presented to the Tate Gallery by an anonymous donor in 1955.