The Duchess of Grafton

1683

Jan Verkolje I after Sir Peter Lely

Associated Names
Jan Verkolje I

Artist, Dutch, 1650 - 1693

Sir Peter Lely

Artist After, English, born Germany, 1618 - 1680

The image shows a woman in a portrait from the knees up, seated elegantly. She is turned slightly to her left, with her left arm on her lap and her right arm on a nearby surface. She has a calm expression, delicate facial features, and curled hair with soft waves falling on her shoulders. She wears an elegant dress with draped fabric, intricate embroidery, and some exposed shoulders and chest. The background includes architectural columns, foliage, a large vase of flowers, and dark drapery framing the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 35.1 x 25.5 cm (13 13/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 36 x 26.7 cm (14 3/16 x 10 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.118.65

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Smith 1884, no. 13, State only

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

n.d.

  • O'Donoghue

1884

  • Smith, John Chaloner. British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century. 4 vols. London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1884.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: The Dutchess of Graftton 1683; lower left in plate: P. Lely pinxit; lower right in plate: J. Verkolje Fecit et Exc.

Wikidata ID

Q76343394

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