Supposedly Duchesse de Biron
Netherlandish School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1613 (bears date) - 1613
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
1029 x 724 mm (40 3/4 x 28 3/4 in)
Order this imageCollection
Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk
NT 1210303
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Supposedly Duchesse de Biron, Netherlandish School, inscribed, top right: 1613. A three-quarter-length portrait of a young woman turned slightly to the left, gazing at the spectator, her left hand holds a pair of embroidered gloves and her right hand rests on the arm of a painted leather chairchair. She wears a compound cartwheel ruff with her black, self-patternee silk dress, with long sleeves and gold-embroidered bodice inset, which also forms a long stomacher. A farthingale is worn beneath her full skirt. Her hair is covered with a white, lace cap, matching her cuffs. She wears a gold bracelet on each wrist and rings on each hand. A chatelaine, of gold attached to a massive gold chain which encircles her waist and is looped back into her right hand. wife of the French Ambassador to the Court of James I. However, thought more likely to be the wife of a Netherlandish Burgher, despite the inscription 'Duchesse de Biron' top left. White catalogue number '77' l.l.
Provenance
Part of the Bedingfeld collection; given to the National Trust by Sybil Lyne-Stephens, Lady Paston-Bedingfeld (1883 – 1985), 1961
Marks and inscriptions
Duchesse de Biron 1613
Makers and roles
Netherlandish School, publisher Cornelis de Vos (Hulst c.1584 - Antwerp 1651) , publisher Pieter Claesz. Soutman (fl. Haarlem 1580 - Haarlem 1657), publisher