Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1561–1635, Flemish, active in Britain (from 1568)
Title:
Elizabeth Knightley (née Seymour), Lady Knightley
Date:
1591
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
36 3/4 x 28 1/4 inches (93.3 x 71.8 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.1.10
Gallery Label:
Lady Elizabeth (1550?-1602) was the daughter of Edward Seymour, first Duke of Somerset, Lord Protector of King Edward VI. She married the wealthy Puritan Sir Richard Knightley of Fawsley. The Latin inscription on her bracelets is a contraction of a verse in the Vulgate Latin text of St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians (1:21): --- mihi enim vivere Christus est et mori lucrus (For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain). Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2005