NICHOLAS HILLIARD (1547-1619)
Portrait of a Lady, perhaps Penelope, Lady Rich (1563-1607)
c.1589RCIN 420020
The inclusion of a tiny five-pointed star (stella) in this woman’s hair suggests that this may be a portrait of Penelope, Lady Rich, thought to have been the inspiration for Stella in Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophel and Stella.