British School, 16th Century
Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Catherine, Countess of Nottingham, but more probably one of the Countess of Nottingham's daughters, full-length, in a black silk velvet dress embroidered with silver, with a pearl and diamond necklace, a ten pointed star diamond brooch and arcades of pearls in her hair, holding a fan in her right hand and with roses with her left, Circa 1595-1605
Oil on canvas
80 x 44戮 in. (203.2 x 113.7 cm.)