{"id":17134,"date":"2025-11-14T11:02:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T10:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoebusfoundation.org\/?post_type=beleef&#038;p=17134"},"modified":"2026-01-05T12:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T11:00:08","slug":"portrait-of-mary-sidney-herbert","status":"publish","type":"beleef","link":"https:\/\/phoebusfoundation.org\/en\/beleef\/portrait-of-mary-sidney-herbert\/","title":{"rendered":"Portrait of Mary Sidney Herbert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Koen Fillet and Leen Kelchtermans, Head of Research and Publications at The Phoebus Foundation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flowers may wither and ships may sink, but Mary Herbert\u2019s youthful radiance will last forever. Beneath the pearls and silk you meet a woman ahead of her time \u2013 a countess, a writer and a patron who knew exactly what she was doing.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\r\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Episode 9: Portret van Mary Sidney Herbert - Leen Kelchtermans\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/0Shl2xiooYgXnGQcgptrqC?si=5FrFaaAET-axkltmFkjgJQ&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div><\/figure><br>\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1077\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/phoebusfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Portret-van-Mary-Sidney-Herbert-1077x2000.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Mary Sidney Herbert, Dowager Countess of Pembroke, c. 1614&#x2013;1616. Formal court portrait of a noblewoman wearing richly decorated, pearl-adorned court dress with a lace ruff, set within an interior opening onto a landscape, characteristic of early seventeenth-century English court portraiture.\" class=\"wp-image-17130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phoebusfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Portret-van-Mary-Sidney-Herbert-1077x2000.jpg 1077w, https:\/\/phoebusfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Portret-van-Mary-Sidney-Herbert-646x1200.jpg 646w, https:\/\/phoebusfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Portret-van-Mary-Sidney-Herbert-768x1427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/phoebusfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Portret-van-Mary-Sidney-Herbert-827x1536.jpg 827w, https:\/\/phoebusfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Portret-van-Mary-Sidney-Herbert-1103x2048.jpg 1103w, https:\/\/phoebusfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Portret-van-Mary-Sidney-Herbert-scaled.jpg 1378w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1077px) 100vw, 1077px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Unknown Master,<em> Portrait of Mary Sidney Herbert, Dowager Countess of Pembroke<\/em>, c.1614-1616<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Want to know more? Order the accompanying\u00a0<em>Phoebus Focus<\/em>\u00a0publication!<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/phoebusfoundation.org\/shop\/portret-van-mary-sidney-herbert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Phoebus Focus<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Koen Fillet and Leen Kelchtermans, Head of Research and Publications at The Phoebus Foundation. Flowers may wither and ships may sink, but Mary Herbert\u2019s youthful radiance will last forever. Beneath the pearls and silk you meet a woman ahead of her time \u2013 a countess, a writer and a patron who knew exactly what she was doing. Want to know more? 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