Lady Elizabeth Cecil, Countess of Devonshire (1619-1689)
after Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1640 - 1689
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
400 x 300 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129236
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lady Elizabeth Cecil, Countess of Devonshire (1619-1689), after Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641). A bust-length portrait, turned to the left, gazing at spectator, wearing blue decollete dress and pearl necklace.
Provenance
In 1786 - 1792 Catalogue of paintings at Hardwick; thence by inheritance until, following the death of Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895 - 1950), Hardwick Hall and its contents were accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death duties and transferred to the National Trust, in 1959
Credit line
Hardwick Hall, The Devonshire Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
top left ELIZABETH COUNTESS OF DEVONSHIRE
Makers and roles
after Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641), artist