- Title:
Diana Kirke, later Countess of Oxford
- Date:
- ca. 1665
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- Support (PTG): 52 x 41 inches (132.1 x 104.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in ocher paint, lower right: "Diana Kirke | Cts, of Oxford."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.756
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.756FR
- Subject Terms:
- countess | curls | earrings | flowers (plants) | jewels | nude | portrait | woman
- Associated People:
- Kirke, Diana (after 1646-1719), Countess of Oxford
- Access:
- On view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5046
- Export:
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