Cornelis Jonson (1593-1664)

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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Cornelis Jonson (1593-1664)

Portrait of a Lady, called Mary, Countess of Pembroke, daughter of the 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, half length, wearing a blue gold embroidered dress trimmed with white lace, a pendant pearl earing and an amethyst, gold and pearl pendant necklace

signed and dated lower right 'Cornelius Johnson/fecit 1619'
in a painted oval
on panel
26¾ x 20in. (68 x 50.8cm.)

Lot Essay

Lady Mary Talbot, eldest daughter of George Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, K.G. and his step-sister Mary, daughter of Sir William Cavendish, married in 1604 William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, K.G., Lord Chamberlain of the Household and Chancellor of the University of Oxford. She died without issue in 1649

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