Portrait Of Elisabeth Hamilton, Countess Of Gramont, 17th Century, By Godfrey Kneller

GODFREY KNELLER 1646–1723 PAINTER BORN IN LÜBECK UNDER THE NAME GOTTFRIED KNILLER;
HE BECAME OFFICIAL PAINTER TO KING CHARLES II IN LONDON AND WAS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PORTRAIT PAINTERS .
ELISABETH HAMILTON, COUNTESS OF GRAMONT, was BORN IN SCOTLAND IN 1641,
SHE WAS TAKEN TO FRANCE AT A VERY YOUNG AGE AND WAS EDUCATED AT PORT-ROYAL

IN 1622,   SHE WAS MARRIED TO COUNT PHILIBERT DE GRAMONT, WHO WAS THEN IN EXILE IN LONDON WHERE, AT THE COURT OF THE KING OF ENGLAND, HE LED A LIFE OF GALANTERY AND PLEASUR
IN 1664 they return to france à the court of versailles
ELISABETH HAMILTON  GRAMONT KNOWN FOR A GREAT BEAUTY, ET CHARMS   RECEICED THE FAVOR SOF LOUIS XIV 
WH GIVED HER AN APPARTMENT IN VERSAILLES
THE PAINTING IS FRAME IN A WOOD CARVED  GUILDED FRAME OF THE 18th century 
THE NAME :   " SIR GODFREY  KNELLER  " is painted  in black  on a medaillon placed   on the frame