Anthony van Dyck, 1638 - Catherine Howard, Lady dAubigny - fine art print

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Fashionably attired in a rose-colored dress with low-cut bodice and flowing sleeves, Catherine Howard, Lady d'Aubigny, looks over her shoulder with a proud and forthright gaze as she holds a floral wreath in her right hand. One of the many English aristocrats who commissioned portraits from Anthony van Dyck after he settled in London in 1632, Catherine Howard was the daughter of Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, and Elizabeth, daughter of George Lord Hume, Earl of Dunbar. She thus belonged to one of the wealthiest and most distinguished families in England.

It is probable that Van Dyck received this commission in 1638 at the time of Catherine's secret marriage to Lord George Stuart, Seigneur d'Aubigny. In the Arcadian ambience of the Stuart court, the floral wreath would have been recognized as a symbol of love and marriage. Stylistically, the portrait is also similar to other refined portraits of elegant women that Van Dyck executed in 1638, particularly in the delicate modeling of her ivory flesh and the flickering highlights of her silk dress.

[Source: NGA]

Note by the contributor Emily Wilkinson: Catherine Howard, or Lady d'Aubigny, was a well-known beauty in early modern high society. She married Lord George Stuart, and Van Dyck painted this portrait shortly after the wedding; the roses she holds refer to her new status as wife.

More information: Lady Aubigny on the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

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This 17th century piece of art called Catherine Howard, Lady dAubigny was created by the male artist Anthony van Dyck in the year 1638. The original was painted with the following size: 106,7 x 85,4 cm (42 x 33 5/8 in) and was produced with the technique of oil on canvas. Furthermore, this work of art can be viewed in in the National Gallery of Art's collection located in Washington D.C., United States of America. We are glad to mention that the public domain piece of art is being provided with courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.: . What is more, the alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait and has an image ratio of 1 : 1.2, which means that the length is 20% shorter than the width. The translator, author, dramaturge, painter, theater director, etcher Anthony van Dyck was an artist from the Netherlands, whose style was primarily Baroque. The Baroque painter lived for 42 years - born in 1599 in Antwerp, Antwerpen province, Flanders, Belgium and deceased in the year 1641.

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