A woman with pale, peachy skin wearing elegant gold and ink-black garments sits in front of a stone portico in this vertical portrait painting. Her red armchair is angled to our right, but the woman turns to look at us under cocked brows. She has high, rosy cheekbones and a long straight nose. Her pink lips curve up in a smile framed by the faint suggestion of dimples. Her brown hair is pulled back under a gold band or net, and a gold earring hangs from the ear we see. Her gold dress has a fitted bodice with a line of buttons down the front and puffy, brocaded sleeves. She wears the bodice…
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Isabella Brant

painter Sir Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599 - 1641)

1621

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 153 x 120 cm (60 1/4 x 47 1/4 in.) ; framed: 185.4 x 151.1 cm (73 x 59 1/2 in.)
Culture
Flemish
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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