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Portrait of a Woman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q636113 |
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Title |
English: Portrait of a Woman
label QS:Les,"Retrato de una mujer"
label QS:Lhu,"Női portré"
label QS:Let,"Naise portree"
label QS:Lru,"Женский портрет"
label QS:Lde,"Porträt einer Frau"
label QS:Lpt,"Retrato de uma mulher"
label QS:Len-gb,"Portrait of a Woman"
label QS:Lfa,"چهرهٔ یک زن"
label QS:Lsl,"Ženski portret"
label QS:Lsv,"Porträtt av en kvinna"
label QS:Lpl,"Portret kobiety"
label QS:Lnl,"Portret van een vrouw"
label QS:Lvec,"Ritrato de na dona"
label QS:Lit,"Ritratto di donna"
label QS:Len,"Portrait of a Woman"
label QS:Leo,"Portreto de virino"
label QS:Lmk,"Портрет на жена"
label QS:Lfr,"Portrait de femme" |
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Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Genre | portrait | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: Catalogue Entry:
Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen, who began his career as a portraitist in London, was trained in England and in the Netherlands. He would have been aware of Sir Anthony Van Dyck’s portraits of Charles I and his court, painted in the elegant, grand-manner conventions that Van Dyck brought from Italy; his own work, for a wealthy clientele but not the highest aristocracy, was conservative and followed English and Netherlandish traditions. During the civil war, commissions vanished, and Jonson moved to the Netherlands in 1643, settling first in Middelburg, then in Amsterdam and, finally, briefly in Utrecht. After the execution of Charles I, members of the Stuart family and supporters flowed into Europe, bringing their taste for the Van Dyck style. Jonson, too, adopted this more elevated manner of portraiture for his sitters, practicing a painterly style with visible brushstrokes and elegant compositions. His most accomplished portraits date from the 1650s, when this portrait of a woman was painted. Her severe black dress is relieved by the white collar and cuffs, and Jonson’s preferred blue background. The few touches of luxury fade in importance before her steady gaze and gracefully clasped hands. This was the aim of the Calvinist prescription for black dress: to subordinate worldly goods to a place of less importance than more lasting spiritual concerns. Gallery Label: During the seventeenth century, the genre of portraiture became accessible to upper bourgeois patrons as never before. Demand for Dutch-style portraits was particularly high in England, where Jonsen van Ceulen painted hundreds of likenesses for individuals of an upwardly mobile clientele well-versed in Anthony van Dyck’s recent contributions to the local portrait tradition. After 1643, Van Ceulen returned to the Netherlands, where this work was likely made. The woman’s clasped hands and modest demeanor reflect contemporary ideals of femininity, while her jeweled earrings and the ornate lace trim of her dress imply her elevated social standing. Although it appears custom-made, the garment ultimately is not a marker of individuality: Van Ceulen repeated it in at least four portraits of different women, employing it as a prop in cases where the sitter may not have owned the richest and most up-to-date attire. |
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Date | 1655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
height: 102.1 cm (40.1 in); width: 82.1 cm (32.3 in) dimensions QS:P2048,102.1U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,82.1U174728 frame: height: 126.7 cm (49.8 in); width: 106.7 cm (42 in); depth: 4.1 cm (1.6 in) dimensions QS:P2048,126.7U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,106.7U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,4.1U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q2603905 |
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Current location |
European Art |
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Accession number |
y1984-67 |
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Place of creation | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history | J. C. C. D. W. de Mol and W. J. M. Engelberts sale, de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, April 28, 1875, lot 2; private collection, Denver, Colorado (until 1982; sale, Christie’s New York, January 19, 1982, lot 92); Marco and Cristina Grassi (by 1984; gift to Princeton University Art Museum). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Gift of Marco Grassi, Class of 1956, and Cristina Grassi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References |
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Source/Photographer | Princeton University Art Museum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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