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Description: | This portrait is painted in the style of Paul van Somer (1578-1622) a Flemish artist, born in Antwerp, who settled in London in 1616 and worked for the court of King James I until his death. His principal rival at court was Daniel Mytens, whose style is similar but more forceful; both were able to supply the imposing, vital type of portrait in the Dutch manner that appealed to the taste of court circles. The subject of this painting is Elizabeth Cecil who married Thomas Howard, later 1st Earl of Berkshire, in 1614. She is shown turned slightly to the right, half-length, as if seen behind a parapet on which her name and title are inscribed. She wears pearl ear-rings, a lace ruff and a brown embroidered silk dress with a double string of pearls and precious stones about her neck, all indicative of her wealth and station. Her penetrating gaze is sensitively rendered. This painting is a copy of a portrait previously known at Savernake House in Wiltshire, which was one of a set of four panels, the others representing the sitter's two other sisters and mother; it was probably made around 1618. A second copy of this painting is also in the Suffolk collection. | Subjects: | Countess of Berkshire) portrait (Elizabeth Cecil | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Somer, Paulus van, I (Flemish painter and printmaker, 1576-1621) Æ After Previously attributed to after the Comet Master (British artist, active 17th century) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8728... | Go to resource |
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