Cecily Baker, Countess of Dorset (d.1615)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1615
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
765 x 665 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Knole, Kent
NT 129913
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Cecily Baker, Countess of Dorset (d.1615), British (English) School. A painted oval half-length portrait of a mature woman, turned slightly to the right, gazing at the spectator, her brown hair worn up and dressed with jewels, in a figure-of-eight white lace ruff and wearing a black and gold embroidered dress, with a chain of jewels, ropes of pearls, looped and falling and a large jewelled brooch on her right sleeve.
Provenance
On loan from the Trustees of the Sackville Estate
Makers and roles
British (English) School, publisher