Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned woman wearing a voluminous, gold-trimmed, white satin gown and a black overdress stands holding a closed fan in this vertical portrait painting. Her body and face are angled to our right, and she looks at us from the corners of her gray eyes. She has pale skin, a straight nose, thin lips, and a slight double chin. Chin-length brown waves frame her face, and the rest of her hair is pulled back. A pearl necklace lies at the base of her neck, though traces of another necklace, originally painted higher up on the neck like a choker, are visible. A…
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Lady with a Fan

Sir Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599 - 1641)

c. 1628

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 109.7 x 97 cm (43 3/16 x 38 3/16 in.) ; framed: 151.5 x 134.6 x 16.5 cm (59 5/8 x 53 x 6 1/2 in.)
Culture
Flemish
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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