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Description: | The sitter is shown against a dark background. In her right hand she holds a pink while her left hand marks the pages in a book. Behind the sitter appear her coat of arms and an inscription dating the painting to 1601. The wealth of the sitter is demonstrated in her black costume; black was then the most expensive dye to produce. The formality of the work reflects the school of painting which artists such as Gheeraerts were beginning to break away from, with their more romantic conception of the portrait genre. | Subjects: | portrait | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Flemish School Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8362... | Go to resource |
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