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Description: | Signed: yes Description: This full-length portrait depicts Sophia, the second wife of Sir Astley Paston-Cooper of Gadebridge, Hertfordshire. She is depicted in profile wearing a rich purple evening gown, long white gloves, jewels and tiara. At her side stands a hound. The French artist Constant made his name producing orientalist works, but spent his last years painting portraits. His fluent and painterly style, evident here, was influenced by his close study of Delacroix. Constant was particularly popular with English sitters and he painted several members of the royal family including Queen Victoria and Queen Alexandra. | Subjects: | animal (dog); portrait (Paston-Cooper Lady Sophia); interior | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Constant, Jean Joseph Benjamin (French painter, 1845-1902) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9191... | Go to resource |
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