Lady Lucy Percy, Countess of Carlisle (c.1600 - 1660)
Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1635 - 1637
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1355 x 1082 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 485068
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lady Lucy Percy, Countess of Carlisle (c.1600 - 1660) by Sir Anthony van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641), circa 1635-1637. A three-quarter-length portrait of a woman, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, standing in a landscape, her right hand held under the water flowing out of a stone vase held by a carved putto into a stone bowl at the left; wearing a small wreath of roses in her hair and a single rose at her bosom; tawny/gold dress with a jewelled clasp holding a fur pelt over her left shoulder; and a pearl necklace and double pearl drop earrings.
Provenance
In the collection of the 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1837) by 1835. By descent to the current Lord Egremont. On loan from the Egremont Private Collection
Credit line
Petworth House, The Egremont Collection
Marks and inscriptions
Lady Lucy Percy / Countess of Carlisle (inscribed bottom left corner)
Makers and roles
Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641), artist