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Frances Stuart, Countess of Portland

1650
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Portrait of Frances Stuart, Countess of Portland, half length, frontal, with the head turned slightly to the left, hair in curls, wearing pearl earrings pearls around the neck and chest, wearing a low-cut dress with a fur stole, her left hand holding the stole in front of her right shoulder, in front of a curtain to the right; first, lettered state with the title and production details; after van Dyck

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Object Information
  • Title: Frances Stuart, Countess of Portland
  • Series/Portfolio: Icones Principum Virorum
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, Antwerp 1599–1641 London)
  • Publisher: Johannes Meyssens (Flemish, Brussels 1612–1670 Antwerp)
  • Sitter: Frances Stuart, Countess of Portland (British, 1617–1694)
  • Date: 1650
  • Medium: Etching; first state of three (NH)
  • Dimensions: Plate: 10 1/4 × 7 1/8 in. (26 × 18.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.3.218
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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