Lady Penelope Herbert, Countess of Pembroke
Portrait of Penelope, Lady Herbert, half-length in an oval frame, wearing necklace and low dress.
Artwork Details
- Title: Lady Penelope Herbert, Countess of Pembroke
- 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: Penelope Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (British, 1620–1647)
- Date: 1647–70
- Medium: Etching; third state of three
- Dimensions: Plate: 4 5/16 × 3 7/16 in. (11 × 8.8 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/16 × 4 15/16 in. (18 × 12.5 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
- Object Number: 20.81.3.260
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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