Woman with Black Feather - Countess of Essex

Formerly attributed to Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian

Sitter Elizabeth Devereux, Countess of Essex British

1646–56

Not on view

Portrait bust of Elizabeth, Countess of Essex, with shoulder-length curly hair, directed and looking to right, wearing headdress with black feather and broad white collar over low-cut bodice; in an oval inside rectangular frame, with scrolled ornament and head of a faun below.

Artwork Details

Title: Woman with Black Feather - Countess of Essex
Etcher: Peregrine Lovell (British, active 1646–47)
Artist: Formerly attributed to Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Sitter: Elizabeth Devereux, Countess of Essex (British, ca. 1590–1656)
Date: 1646–56
Medium: Etching; second state of three
Dimensions: Plate: 4 1/4 × 3 7/16 in. (10.8 × 8.7 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/8 × 4 15/16 in. (18.1 × 12.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Object Number: 20.81.3.258
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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