- Title:
Elizabeth FitzGerald, Countess of Kildare
- Former Title(s):
Elizabeth Jones, Countess of Kildare
Elizabeth, Countess of Kildare, as a Shepherdess
- Date:
- ca. 1684
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 49 1/2 x 39 3/4 inches (125.7 x 101 cm), Frame: 59 3/4 × 49 3/4 × 4 inches (151.8 × 126.4 × 10.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed lower right in yellow paint: "THE COVNTESS OF|KILLDARE"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1984.19.1
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1984.19.1FR
- Subject Terms:
- animal | botany | brocade | chemise dress | costume | countess | curls | earrings | flowers (plants) | fringe | hat | necklace | pattern (design element) | pearls | portrait | science | seated | sheep | shepherdess | sitting | staff (walking stick) | trees | woman
- Associated People:
- Fitzgerald, Elizabeth (née Jones), Countess of Kildare (1665–1758), wife of 18th Earl of Kildare (1661–1707)
- Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1242
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