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Countess of Suffolk

1646–70
Not on view
Portrait bust said to be of Dorothy, Countess of Suffolk (but probably representing Susan Howard, Countess of Suffolk). With shoulder-length curly hair, directed and looking to right, wearing headdress with white feather, pearl earrings and necklace and low-cut loose gown; in an oval inside rectangular frame, with scrolled ornament and head of faun below

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Countess of Suffolk
  • Etcher: Peregrine Lovell (British, active 1646–47)
  • Artist: Formerly attributed to Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Publisher: Johannes Meyssens (Flemish, Brussels 1612–1670 Antwerp)
  • Sitter: Probably Susan Howard, Countess of Suffolk (British, died 1649)
  • Date: 1646–70
  • Medium: Etching; second state of three (New Hollstein)
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 7 1/16 × 4 15/16 in. (18 × 12.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.3.256
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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