# Portrait of Elizabeth Brydges, later Lady Kennedy

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CUSTODIS, Hieronymos](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/custodis-hieronymos-r5bebda178c1a8b>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

The sitter of the portrait is Elizabeth Brydges, later Lady Kennedy, daughter of Lord Chandos and maid of honour to Elizabeth I of England, aged 14. Elizabeth, whose charming portrait is embellished with a little dog and a finch on a spray of eglantine, was the &#39;fair Mrs Brydges&#39; to whom the Earl of Essex showed so much attention as to offend Queen Elizabeth.

## Related artworks

- [An Elizabethan Courtier](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/custodis-hieronymos-r5bebda178c1a8b/an-elizabethan-courtier-ra561e6d61c3b33>)
- [Portrait of Lady Jane Hynde, née Verne](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/custodis-hieronymos-r5bebda178c1a8b/portrait-of-lady-jane-hynde-ne-verne-r2c09ccefc24689>)
- [Portrait of Sir Francis Hynde](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/custodis-hieronymos-r5bebda178c1a8b/portrait-of-sir-francis-hynde-rc710b98393b14e>)
- [Sir John Ashburnham](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/custodis-hieronymos-r5bebda178c1a8b/sir-john-ashburnham-re179afc76c5c7b>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)