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Frances Stewart (née Howard), Duchess of Lennox and Richmond, Countess of Hertford (27 July 1578 – 8 October 1639) was the daughter of a younger son of the Duke of Norfolk. An orphan of small fortune, she rose to be the only duchess at the court of James I of England.
Artist. Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger 1561/2-1636. Title. Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox (1578–1639) Date. About 1621. Medium. Oil on wood panel. Dimensions. 57.5 x 44.5cm. Reference. CVCSC:0216.B. Collection. British Portraits. Status. On Display. License this work. Details.
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Frances Teresa Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox (8 July 1647 – 15 October 1702) was a prominent member of the Court of the Restoration and famous for refusing to become a mistress of Charles II of England. For her great beauty she was known as La Belle Stuart and served as the model for an idealised, female Britannia.
Frances Howard (1578–1639), Duchess of Richmond and Lennox, c.1621. T his almost disconcertingly vivacious portrait, which brings us face to face with a singularly bright and headstrong Jacobean lady, is one of the finest works painted by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger during the later years of his life.
Hace 5 días · Frances Howard (1578–1639), Duchess of Richmond and Lennox c.1621. Marcus Gheeraerts the younger (1561/1562–1635/1636) Compton Verney. Like so many other artists who come to London from abroad, the painter had arrived as a refugee from war.
Frances became the only Duchess in the kingdom. In 1623 the Stuarts were made Duchess and Duke of Richmond as well as of Lennox, earning her the nickname the “ double Duchess ”.
