Anne Brett, Countess of Middlesex (c.1600 - 1669/70)
studio of Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1630 - 1669
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2172 x 1308 mm (85 1/2 x 51 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Knole, Kent
NT 129892
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Anne Brett, Countess of Middlesex (c.1600 - 1670), studio of Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641). Full length, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, her left hand holds up a fold of her dress as she steps forward onto a step and the fingers of her right hand dipped into a fountain on the left. She has brown hair dressed with jewels, drop-pearl earrings and a single strand pearl necklet. She is wearing a long white satin dress with wide green lined sleeves pinned back with jewels which also embelish the bodice of her dress. A large rock forms the background on the right and a distant sky can be seen on the left behind the fountain.
Provenance
On loan from the Trustees of the Sackville Estate
Credit line
Knole, The Sackville Collection
Makers and roles
studio of Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641), publisher previously catalogued as attributed to Daniel Mytens the elder (Delft c.1590 – The Hague 1648), publisher