
The sitter of this particularly engaging portrait, a rare signed bust-length by one of Britain’s first professional female artists, Mary Beale (1633—1699), is thought to...

The sitter of this particularly engaging portrait, a rare signed bust-length by one of Britain’s first professional female artists, Mary Beale (1633—1699), is thought to...

English painter William Larkin (c. 1585—1619) received portrait commissions from the court of King James I of England and members of the country gentry. The model of...

One of the most iconic of English Jacobean painters, William Larkin (c. 1585—1619) was renowned for his shimmering portraits of members of the court of James I of...

The carefully arranged composition, rich in ornamentation and allegory, as well as the opulent costume, nonetheless designates our sitter as a distinguished woman...