Anthony van Dyck, Marguerite de Lorraine, c. 1645
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Title: Margareta Princeps Lotharingia Ducissa (Marguerite de Lorraine).
Artist: after Anthony van Dyck (1599 - 1641)
Engraver: Schelte Adamsz Bolswert (Flemish, c. 1586-1659).
Date: c. 1645.
Image size: 24x28 cms.
Condition: trimmed to margins and stuck to cardboard.
A wonderfully detailed and charismatic portrait, this exquisite work illustrates the technical mastery and artistic vision of Van Dyck. Marguerite of Lorraine's stately yet approachable expression reflects Van Dyck's refined ability to comfort and relax his subjects, resulting in a realistic and acute portrait. Marguerite of Lorraine was a Duchess of Orléans and Alencon by marriage to the Duke of Orléans. Her story is one of bravery and determination as she fought for true love. The Duke fell in love with her at a time when their respective countries of France and Lorraine were enemies. The two ran away and married in secret in Lorraine, but when the Duke's brother King Louis XIII of France found out, he nullified their marriage. The two stayed together nonetheless and were ultimately allowed to remarry upon Louis XIII's death. Marguerite of Lorraine here appears as a strong, stoic woman, gently grasping her stomach in a maternal gesture as she dons elaborate, collared garbs.
This portrait is a Mauquoy-Hendrickx State IV (of IV) from the Giles Hendrickx edition, engraved by S.a Bolswert (Bolswert, 1586 - Antwerp, 1659) in collaboration with Anthony van Dyck (Antwerp, 1559 - London, 1641) as part of his Iconographie series of engraved portraits of famous people at the time. The plate has been marked in the lower left of the plate "Ant. van Dyck pinxit" and in the lower right of the plate "Cum privilegio." Beneath the engraved portrait is the inscription: MARGARETA PRNICEPS LOTHARINGIA DVCISSA | SEREMA AVRELIANENSIS.
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Title: Margareta Princeps Lotharingia Ducissa (Marguerite de Lorraine).
Artist: after Anthony van Dyck (1599 - 1641)
Engraver: Schelte Adamsz Bolswert (Flemish, c. 1586-1659).
Date: c. 1645.
Image size: 24x28 cms.
Condition: trimmed to margins and stuck to cardboard.
A wonderfully detailed and charismatic portrait, this exquisite work illustrates the technical mastery and artistic vision of Van Dyck. Marguerite of Lorraine's stately yet approachable expression reflects Van Dyck's refined ability to comfort and relax his subjects, resulting in a realistic and acute portrait. Marguerite of Lorraine was a Duchess of Orléans and Alencon by marriage to the Duke of Orléans. Her story is one of bravery and determination as she fought for true love. The Duke fell in love with her at a time when their respective countries of France and Lorraine were enemies. The two ran away and married in secret in Lorraine, but when the Duke's brother King Louis XIII of France found out, he nullified their marriage. The two stayed together nonetheless and were ultimately allowed to remarry upon Louis XIII's death. Marguerite of Lorraine here appears as a strong, stoic woman, gently grasping her stomach in a maternal gesture as she dons elaborate, collared garbs.
This portrait is a Mauquoy-Hendrickx State IV (of IV) from the Giles Hendrickx edition, engraved by S.a Bolswert (Bolswert, 1586 - Antwerp, 1659) in collaboration with Anthony van Dyck (Antwerp, 1559 - London, 1641) as part of his Iconographie series of engraved portraits of famous people at the time. The plate has been marked in the lower left of the plate "Ant. van Dyck pinxit" and in the lower right of the plate "Cum privilegio." Beneath the engraved portrait is the inscription: MARGARETA PRNICEPS LOTHARINGIA DVCISSA | SEREMA AVRELIANENSIS.