Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Jane Cotton (1648-1707), as a shepherdess, three-quarter-length, in a blue dress with pearl earrings and necklace, a staff in her right hand, in a landscape

Circle of Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618-1680 London) Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Jane Cotton (1648-1707), as a shepherdess, three-quarter-length, in a blue dress with pearl earrings and necklace, a staff in her right hand, in a landscape with (possibly later) identifying inscription 'M:rs Jane Cotton. Dau:r / of S:r Jn:o Cotton. Kt B:t' (lower left) oil on canvas 49¾ x 40½ in. (126.4 x 102.9 cm.)