SIR PETER LELY (1618-80)
Frances Stuart, Duchess of Richmond (1647-1702)
before 1662RCIN 404514
This is one of the 'Windsor Beauties', a set of eleven portraits of celebrated women at the Restoration court. Frances Stuart was famous for refusing to become the mistress of Charles II. She is shown holding a bow to associate her with the mythological huntress Diana, and is dressed in sumptuous gold-coloured silk satin.