Oil on Canvas: Portrait of The Countess of Desmond in a Baroque Pearl Necklace

Wife of George Fielding, First Earl of Desmond
The Countess of Desmond was Lady Bridget Stanhope(1616-1701), daughter of Sir Michael Stanhope. They married on April 17th 1630 and had a large family including several sons and daughters before George passed away in 1665. George Fielding, 1^st Earl of Desmond was an English nobleman, awarded the title of Earl of Desmond by Charles I under the terms of a letter patent issued by James I. George Fielding was the second son of William Fielding, 1^st Earl of Denbigh, and his wife Susan Villiers. His mother was the sister of George Villiers, 1^st, confidant and lover of King James, and her family were showered with titles and preferment as a result of Villiers' immense influence.

England, circa 1650.