Lady Penelope Herbert, Countess of Pembroke

Various artists/makers

1647–70

Not on view

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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