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Portrait of a Lady, perhaps Penelope, Lady Rich (1563-1607) c.1589 The inclusion of a tiny five-pointed star (stella) in this woman’s hair suggests that this may be a portrait of Penelope, Lady Rich, thought to have been the inspiration for Stella in Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophel and Stella.
Lady Penelope's first husband, Lord Rich, was created Earl of Warwick on 2 Aug. 1618, and died on 24 March 1618–9, being buried with his ancestors at Felsted. At Rochford he founded an almshouse for five old men and one old woman ( Morant , Essex , i. 102).
Penelope Rich, Lady Rich, later styled Penelope Blount, Countess of Devonshire was an English noblewoman. She was the sister of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex and is traditionally thought to be the inspiration for "Stella" of Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophel and Stella sonnet sequence. She married Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich and had a public ...
The inclusion of a tiny five-pointed star (stella) in this woman’s hair suggests that this may be a portrait of Penelope, Lady Rich, thought to have been the inspiration for Stella in Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophel and Stella.
Lady Rich and Lord Devonshire were openly named and their scandal was discussed by a contemporary historian, Robert Johnston, but his Latin account was published in the Netherlands in 1655. George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury wrote a lengthy essay on political and religious affairs in 1627 which was published in 1659.
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RICH, PENELOPE, Lady ( c. 1562–1607), the Stella of Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophel and Stella, was the daughter of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex. She was a child of fourteen when Sir Philip Sidney accompanied the queen on a visit to Lady Essex in 1576, on her way from Kenilworth, and must have been frequently thrown into the society of ...
