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Venetia Anastasia, Lady Digby (née Stanley; December 1600 – 1 May 1633) was a celebrated beauty of the Stuart period and the wife of a prominent courtier and scientist, Sir Kenelm Digby. She was a granddaughter of Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland and a great-granddaughter of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby .
Venetia, Lady Digby. (1600-1633), Beauty; wife of Sir Kenelm Digby. Sitter in 4 portraits. Noted for her beauty and intelligence, Venetia Stanley was the wife of the diplomat and author, Sir Kenelm Digby.
4 de mar. de 2022 · Venetia, Lady Digby (1600-33) was a celebrated beauty of the Stuart period. Muse to the poet and playwright Ben Jonson (1572-1637) and a sitter in numerous paintings by Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), she captivated many with her ‘lovely and sweet-turn’d face’,[1] and her ‘modesty, sweetnesse and gentleness’.[2]
Venetia, Lady Digby, on her Deathbed. Venetia Stanley (1600-33) was an infamous wit and beauty in the court of King Charles I (1600-49). Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-65) was a diplomat, naval commander, poet, and scientist. The couple fell in love, eloped, and married in 1625.
This elaborate allegorical portrait depicts Venetia Stanley, a famous beauty who married Sir Kenelm Digby (1603–65), a courtier and a great friend and patron of the artist Anthony Van Dyck (1599–1641).
6 de fev. de 2024 · When she died unexpectedly in her sleep, during the night of 30 April 1633, her husband, Sir Kenelm Digby, was so distraught that he summoned Van Dyck immediately to come to his house to paint...
One of the greatest beauties and wits of her day (though with a rather racy reputation), Venetia was married to Sir Kenelm Digby, scholar, warrior and inventor. She died suddenly in May 1633,...
