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Description: | This oval-format portrait of a woman comes from the studio of the Dutch artist Willem Wissing and shows a courtier with fashionable hairstyle and wearing a dress, with jewelled clasps, that is seen in many of his female portraits. Wissing, who had trained in The Hague, came to England in 1676 and became a studio assistant to Peter Lely, Charles II's Principal Painter. After Lely's death Wissing became a successful portraitist in his own right, painting most of the Stuart royal family and many of the leading courtiers. He probably would have proved a lasting rival to Kneller had he not died aged thirty one in 1687. | Subjects: | portrait | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Wissing, Willem (Dutch painter, ca. 1656-1687) Æ Studio of Previously attributed to studio of Lely, Peter (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1618-1680, active in England) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8568... | Go to resource |
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