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Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland (1617-1684) c. 1640-75
Oil on copper | 40.0 x 32.8 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 402840
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A copy of the portrait by Van Dyck of which the best version is at Petworth. The sitter was the daughter of the 2nd Earl of Leicester and celebrated as Waller's 'Saccharissa'. She married the 2nd Earl of Sunderland in 1639.
Provenance
First recorded in the King's Writing Closet at Hampton Court in Pyne's illustrated Royal Residences of 1819 (RCIN 922133).
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on copper
Measurements
40.0 x 32.8 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
54.35 x 47.4 x 4.1 cm (frame, external)