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| Edward Bower Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Drake ca. 1630-40 oil on canvas York City Art Gallery |
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| Anthony van Dyck Portrait of Lady Lucy Percy, Countess of Carlisle ca. 1635-37 oil on canvas National Trust, Petworth House, Sussex |
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| Guido Reni Woman with Lapis Lazuli Bowl ca. 1638-39 oil on canvas Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, West Midlands |
Epitaph on the Lady Mary Villiers
This little vault, this narrow room,
Of Love and Beauty is the tomb.
The dawning beam that 'gan to clear
Our clouded sky lies darken'd here,
Forever set to us – by death
Sent to inflame the world beneath.
'Twas but a bud, yet did contain
More sweetness than shall spring again,
A budding star that might have grown
Into a sun, when it had blown.
This hopeful beauty did create
New life in Love's declining state,
But now his empire ends, and we
From fire and wounding darts are free.
His brand, his bow, let no man fear,
The flames, the arrows, all lie here.
– Thomas Carew (ca. 1630)
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| Willem Drost Portrait of a Woman ca. 1653 oil on canvas Museum Bredius, The Hague |
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| Gabriël Metsu Woman at her Mirror ca. 1657-62 oil on panel Wallace Collection, London |
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| John Michael Wright Portrait of Elizabeth Claypole née Cromwell 1658 oil on panel National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Jacob Huysmans Portrait of Elizabeth Claypole née Cromwell before 1658 oil on canvas Chequers Court, Aylesbury |
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| Peter Lely Portrait of Elizabeth, Lady Leicester ca. 1660-70 oil on canvas Tabley House, Cheshire |
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| Caspar Netscher Portrait of a Lady 1671 oil on canvas Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow |
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| Girolamo Forabosco Portrait of a Lady before 1679 oil on panel Southampton City Art Gallery |
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| Simon Verelst Portrait of Nell Gwyn ca. 1680 oil on canvas National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Willem van Mieris Lady holding a Small Dog ca. 1680 oil on panel Manchester Art Gallery |
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| Willem Wissing Portrait of Elizabeth Jones, Countess of Kildare ca. 1684 oil on canvas Yale Center for British Art |
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| Giuseppe Maria Crespi Young Woman with Dove ca. 1690 oil on canvas Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, West Midlands |