The image is an oval portrait showing the upper body of a woman titled "The Dutches of Monmouth." She is positioned facing forward with her head slightly turned to the viewer's left. Her facial features include arched eyebrows, large eyes, and a small, defined mouth. She has curly hair, styled with volume around the crown and falling to her shoulders, with a few curls framing her face. The woman is wearing an elaborate garment, featuring patterned fabric with decorative bows on the sleeves and a low-cut neckline adorned with what appears to be a brooch. Draped over her shoulders is a sheer scarf or veil. The background is a textured grayscale, providing a neutral contrast to her dark attire, and the bottom part of the image includes the title and artist's information written in elegant script.
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The image is an oval portrait showing the upper body of a woman titled "The Dutches of Monmouth." She is positioned facing forward with her head slightly turned to the viewer's left. Her facial features include arched eyebrows, large eyes, and a small, defined mouth. She has curly hair, styled with volume around the crown and falling to her shoulders, with a few curls framing her face. The woman is wearing an elaborate garment, featuring patterned fabric with decorative bows on the sleeves and a low-cut neckline adorned with what appears to be a brooch. Draped over her shoulders is a sheer scarf or veil. The background is a textured grayscale, providing a neutral contrast to her dark attire, and the bottom part of the image includes the title and artist's information written in elegant script.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Ann, Wife of James Scott, Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch

Pieter Schenck I after Sir Godfrey Kneller

Medium
mezzotint
Dimensions
plate: 24.5 × 18.5 cm (9 5/8 × 7 5/16 in.)
Classification
Print · Historical Portrait
Accession number
1950.14.911
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1651 to 1700
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • British
Provenance

W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London, (L.2757a); (Sotheby, London, sale July 8, 1942, no. 112); Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey, (L.2816a); (Sotheby, London, sale May 24, 1948, no. 165); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1950.

NGA object ID 38549. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.