| Method | Copper engraving |
| Artist | Pierre Lombart after Anthony van Dyck |
| Published | londini avec Privileige du Roy et ex. Parisis. [c.1662] |
| Dimensions | Image 315 x 250 mm, Sheet 343 x 257 mm |
| Notes |
Three-quarter length portrait of Lucy, Countess of Carlisle, wearing a low cut silk dress, a fur stole on her left shoulder, attached with a jewel broach, a flower at her breasts, pearl earrings and necklace, her hair in curls with flowers, her right hand in the flow of water from a fountain decorated with a boy pouring water from a vase. The portrait is based on a painting by van Dyck's, and was included in Pierre Lombart's most famous work, often called The Countesses. The series contained twelve portraits after Anthony van Dyck, each of which depicted the sitter in three-quarter length. The ten women and two men illustrated in the series were; Anne Carr, Countess of Bedford; Lucy, Countess of Carlisle; Margaret, Countess of Carlisle; Anna Sophia, Countess of Carnarvo; Elizabeth, Countess of Castlehaven; Elizabeth, Countess of Devonshire; Rachel, Countess of Middlesex; Penelope, Lady Herbert; Dorothy Sidney; Countess of Sunderland; Elizabeth, Countess of Morton; Henry Howard, Earl of Arundel; and Philip Herbert, Earl of Pembroke. Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle (née Percy) (1599-November 5, 1660) was the second daughter of Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland and his wife Lady Dorothy Devereux. She married James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle. Known for her beauty and wit but also for her political involvement in the court of Charles I and during the Civil War, most notably when she told her cousin Robert Deveraux, the 3rd Earl of Essex of King Charles' intended arrest of the five members of the Long Parliament, enabling them to escape. Pierre Lombart (1612/13 - 1681) was a French born engraver, working in both France and England. Although being a well recognised engraver in England, relatively little is known about his life. The first trace of Lombart in England is around 1649, and he went on to engrave numerous plates for Ogilby's various publications. Lombart's time in London can roughly be traced through his plates, which were usually inscribed with 'a Londres', and are dated until 1660. By 1663, he had returned to Paris, where he remained for the remainder of his life. Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) was a Flemish painter. A pupil of Rubens, Van Dyke worked in Italy from 1621-26, and then from 1632 onwards he predominantly painted in England, where he was knighted by Charles I. O'Donoghue 3, New Hollstein (Dutch and Flemish) 252. II (Van Dyck), Firmin-Didot 1382. Condition: Excellent impression, trimmed within plate, slight soiling to inscription. Small surface loss upper right. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £150.00 |
| Stock ID | 44585 |